In the text, they gave “thank you for your service to the universal Church” what he did “with a generous dedication and until the end of his life, with his robust faith, his unwavering hope and his exemplary charity”estimated the bishops.
The statement bears the signature of the president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Oscar Ojeda; of the 1st Vice President, Marcelo Colombo; the 2nd Vice President, Carlos Azpiroz Costa; and the general secretary Alberto Bochatey.
The bishops added that Benedict XVI“rooted in Christ, has offered the Church a magisterium that feeds his pilgrim and evangelizing walk“. “When the fragility of his health did not allow him to continue carrying out his mission fully, he had the greatness of giving up depending on the Church to which loved dearly“, they pointed out.
According to ecclesiastical references, “since then, he knew how to take care of her with his assiduous prayer and intercede for her before God; In the words of Pope Francis, ‘It has been a grace that sustained and sustains the Church’“, they paraphrased. So they implored “to shine for him, the Light that has no endChrist, good Shepherd. May the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, her patron, and all the saints come out to meet her to enter the dwelling place of God“.
The Vatican reported this Saturday that the Pope Francisco will preside over the Thursday, January 5 at 9:30 a.m. from Rome (5:30 from Argentina) in the St. Peter’s Square the funeral of the pontiff emeritus Benedict XVIdeceased at 95 yearsthe Vatican reported.
“On Thursday, January 5 at 9:30 in Plaza San Pedro, the funeral will be presided over by Pope Francis,” announced this Saturday the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruniin a meeting with journalists.
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The spokesman also reported that the pope emeritus had received on Wednesday the extreme unctiongiven the serious state of health in which he was, and regarding the funerals he said that the Joseph Ratzinger -the original name of the ex-pontiff- asked that they be “solemn but under the sign of simplicity”.
Benedict XVI passed away this Saturday at 9:34 -local time- in the Matter Ecclesia monasterywhere he lived inside the Vatican gardens after his resignation from the pontificate in 2013.
Source: Ambito
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