2008-12-15 14:58:45

Pope’s condolence for late US Cardinal Dulles


(December 15, 2008) Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his condolences at the death of Cardinal Avery Dulles, who passed away on Friday. He was 90. In a message to Cardinal Edward Egan of New York, where Cardinal Dulles resided, the Pope said he commended his "noble soul to God, the Father of mercies." Avery Dulles was the son of U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. He embraced Catholicism as an adult, and was made a cardinal without episcopal ordination. The Holy Father expressed his "immense gratitude for the deep learning, serene judgment and unfailing love of the Lord and his Church which marked his entire priestly ministry and his long years of teaching and theological research." "At the same time," the message continued, "I pray that his convincing personal testimony to the harmony of faith and reason will continue to bear fruit for the conversion of minds and hearts and the progress of the Gospel for many years to come.







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