Consistory Contenuto disponibile in Italiano Pope Francis: letter to Mgr Arborelius (Stockholm), “cardinalate is service not princely promotion”. Fraternal closeness and “pray for me”
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Dear brother, on the day we celebrate the visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I send you a warm embrace as an anticipation of the embrace I will give you during the Consistory on 28 June”. This is the beginning of the letter that Pope Francis had sent to the Bishop of Stockholm Mgr Anders Arborelius on 31 May, which was published today on the website of the Swedish diocese. “With this greeting, I express my hope that your witness as a disciple of the Lord may be ever more strong in the service that the Church entrusts to you today”, the Pope wrote. “The cardinalate is a service”, the letter reads; “it is neither a dignity that makes one more important than others, nor an honorary title, nor a princely promotion”. read more
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