LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Diocese of Lansing has launched an announcement from Bishop Earl Boyea following the demise of Pope Francis Monday morning.
Bishop Earl Boyea celebrates mass after his set up as fifth bishop of the Diocese of Lansing, Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Picture/Al Goldis)
STATEMENT BY BISHOP EARL BOYEA UPON THE DEATH OF HIS HOLINESS, POPE FRANCIS (1936-2025)
My sisters and brothers within the Lord,
When he took the identify of Francis in 2013, Cardinal Bergoglio shocked many. Whereas Saint Francis of Assisi is admired by almost your complete world and most of the people are conscious of his unimaginable witness to Christ, only a few search even to dare to mimic him. But, Pope Francis has vastly succeeded in his intense devotion to the poor and marginalized to which Saint Francis devoted a lot of his life.
Those that are simply forgotten or ignored, Pope Francis has persistently positioned earlier than our eyes and hearts, difficult every of us to stretch and even break the boundaries we frequently set to our charity.
Saint Francis of Assisi penned a poem close to the top of his life, the Canticle of the Solar. Pope Francis has equally seen within the faces of all these in want in addition to the weather of nature itself as brothers and sisters. It’s sure that Pope Francis has now hailed the top with these phrases of his mannequin: “Welcome, my sister death.”
Might Pope Francis relaxation in peace and should his soul and the souls of all of the devoted departed relaxation in peace.
I’m sincerely yours in Christ,
+ Earl Boyea
