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“Your Holiness, dear Pope Francis”. These are the opening words of the letter that the Catholic Primate of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has sent to the Holy Father, who is still hospitalised at Gemelli Hospital for bilateral pneumonia, assuring him “of the prayers of so many here in England and Wales”. “The prayers of the Catholic community are fervent and heartfelt”, the Archbishop of Westminster goes on to write. “Many others, I am sure, are joining in this prayer for your recovery and continued health”. The English Catholic Primate then reminds Bergoglio “that Catholics in England and Wales have a particular devotion to the person of the Holy Father, arising out of the historic loyalty of the faithful in these countries to him”. And he tells the Pope: “very many people hold you in high esteem and appreciate deeply the guidance and leadership you give in your Petrine ministry”. “We pray that through the intercession of our Blessed Lady, especially under her title of Our Lady of Walsingham, you may be given strength and perseverance in these days and continue to bring to the world the joy and compassion which has been so steadfastly at the heart of your ministry”, Cardinal Nichols goes on to say in the last paragraph of his letter. Then he ends with a request for Pope Francis’ blessing on Catholic communities and “on all the people of these lands”, and the assurance of “deepest reverence and affection” for the Pope.
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