(16 July 05 - RV) Telegram to the Most Reverend Alain Lebeaupin, Apostolic Nuncio
to Kenya
THE HOLY FATHER WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF
BISHOP LUIGI LOCATI, AND HE EXTENDS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES AND THE ASSURANCE OF HIS
CLOSENESS IN PRAYER TO THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND FAITHFUL OF THE VICARIATE APOSTOLIC
OF ISIOLO. COMMENDING THE LATE BISHOP’S NOBLE SOUL TO THE INFINITE MERCY OF GOD
OUR FATHER, HIS HOLINESS GIVES THANKS FOR THE SELFLESS WITNESS TO THE GOSPEL AND THE
ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN DIGNITY WHICH CHARACTERIZED HIS PRIESTLY AND EPISCOPAL MINISTRY.
HE LIKEWISE PRAYS THAT BISHOP LOCATI’S DEATH MAY HASTEN THE DAWN OF THAT PEACE
AND RECONCILIATION TO WHICH HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE LAST. TO ALL ASSEMBLED FOR
THE SOLEMN MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL THE HOLY FATHER CORDIALLY IMPARTS HIS APOSTOLIC
BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. CARDINAL
ANGELO SODANO SECRETARY OF STATE.