Pope ordains bishop in Saint Peter’s Basilica

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis ordained Fernando Vérgez Alzaga bishop on Friday afternoon in Saint Peter’s Basilica. Bishop Alzaga serves as the Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State. The homily delivered by Pope Francis was the one proposed by the ritual for ordination of bishops, with a few personal remarks added by the Holy Father. “In the name of the Church I thank you,” the Pope said, for “a humble and quiet service, a filial and fraternal service.”