Saturday, April 16, 2016

Birthday greetings for the Pope-emeritus

This morning, the Holy Father, Pope Francis travelled from Rome to Lesbos (Greece).  The aircraft carrying the Pope departed from Rome's Fumicino airport at 7:00am local time.

While in the air, en route to Lesbos, the Holy Father sent the following message to his predecessor, Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI.


Greeting sent by His Holiness, Pope Francis
to His Holiness, Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, together with all those who are accompanying him on his visit to Lesbos - the Papal party and the journalists - send their most affectionate and cordial greetings to Pope emeritus Benedict XVI on the occasion of his 89th birthday, asking the Lord to continue to bless his precious service of closeness and prayer for the entire Church.

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