This is the telegram from Pope Francis to the General of the Jesuits on the death of Giuseppe Pittau. The pope notes the key contributions of Pittau. I am pleased he did not list Pittaus role as assistant to Fr Dezza at the request of John Paul II when he suspended the Jesuit Constitutions. Reverend Father, having been informed to the passing away of His Excellency Monsignor Giuseppe Pittau, I wish to express my sincere condolences to you, to all his Jesuit brothers and to all those who grieve the death of an exemplary minister of God who lived for the cause of the Gospel. Recalling his generous missionary apostleship in Japan, where he ended his earthly life, I give thanks to the Lord for the service he rendered to the Apostolic See as Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education and for his work as President of Tokyo’s Sophia University as well as Rector of the Gregorian University in Rome and for his dedication to the Society of Jesus. Entrusting his soul to the maternal intercession of Our Lady I impart my Apostolic Blessing in the light of the Resurrection of Christ. Franciscus P.P.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:20:46 +0000
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