Monday, November 18, 2013

THE POPE CELEBRATES THE EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE GOVERNORATE OF VATICAN CITY STATE


Vatican City, 16 November 2013 (VIS) – The episcopate is a service, not an honour, the Holy Father reiterated yesterday during the episcopal ordination in St. Peter's Basilica of Msgr. Fernando Vergez Alzaga, secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican City State.

During the ordination of the new bishop, who is from Salamanca, Spain, and is a member of the Legionaries of Christ, Pope Francis pronounced the ritual homily for the consecration of bishops from the Roman Pontifical, adding a few phrases in which he mentioned the prelate's tenderness and charity in his service as secretary to the late Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio. He concluded by emphasising that the pastoral care of Vatican employees had been entrusted to him, and urged Bishop Vergez Alzaga to be “a father and brother to them, with true love and tenderness”.

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