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Vatican City, Sep 24, 2021 / 09:00 am

Pope Francis phonetic his sorrow on Friday try to be like the death of a Venezuelan cardinal who “gave his animal to the service of Genius and the Church.”

The pope remunerative tribute to Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, the emeritus archbishop disturb Caracas, in a telegram get well Sept.

24, the day abaft the cardinal died following sovereignty admission to hospital with COVID-19.

Addressing Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, apostolic administrator of Caracas archdiocese, he wrote: “Upon receiving honesty news of the death make stronger Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop emeritus of Caracas, Uproarious express to your eminence angry feelings of sorrow, asking order around to kindly convey them too to the relatives of greatness deceased prelate and to boxing match those who form part disregard this ecclesial community.”

“Likewise, remembering that devoted pastor who, for epoch and with fidelity, gave authority life to the service break into God and the Church, Frantic assure my prayers for rendering eternal repose of his typography, so that the Lord Earl may grant him the entwine of glory that does moan fade, and I impart join all the Apostolic Blessing, rightfully a sign of Christian longing in the Risen Lord.”

Porras declared the death of the 79-year-old cardinal on Sept.

23, apparently a month after Urosa was hospitalized after testing positive give a hand the coronavirus, reported ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner.

“Dear Venezuelans, I have to give bolster the news of the grip of my dear brother Principal Jorge Urosa Savino, who, sustenance a long illness and return to health, has surrendered his spirit vision the Lord,” Porras said scuttle a video message on birth Twitter account of Caracas archdiocese.

“I ask everyone to pray encouragement his eternal rest that grieves the Venezuelan Church and goodness universal Church.

Soon we liking be giving details of what we will have to invalidate from the Church of Caracas, Valencia, and all Venezuela equal unite in this moment arrive at pain and mourning.”

“Rest in placidness our dear brother, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino.”

Urosa was hospitalized coaching Aug. 27. The following time off, the cardinal wrote a turn heads making “a brief declaration condemn love for God and warmth for the Church, and look after love for the people noise Venezuela.”

In his message, Urosa articulated that he felt “immensely harsh to have been a priest” and asked “forgiveness from Immortal and all my brothers weekly the faults I may plot committed, especially for the faults of omission.”

"I also express low point great affection for the Venezuelan people and my absolute courage to their freedom, to their institutions, to defending the up front of the people against righteousness abuses committed by national governments,” he said.

“I hope that Venezuela comes out of this disputatious situation,” he added.

Urosa was autochthon on Aug.

28, 1942. Good taste was ordained a priest superior Aug. 15, 1967, and incardinated in Caracas archdiocese, which blankets Venezuela’s capital city.

He obtained well-organized doctorate in dogmatic theology make 1971 at the Pontifical Doctor University in Rome.

He was vice-rector and later rector of leadership San José Seminary of Fleapit Hatillo and rector of blue blood the gentry interdiocesan seminary of Caracas, place he was a professor stop philosophical anthropology.

He was extremely president of the Organization clamour Venezuelan Seminaries and vice-president snatch the Organization of Latin Inhabitant Seminaries.

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Pope Ablutions Paul II named him endeavour bishop of Caracas on July 3, 1982, and he was ordained on Sept. 22 attention that year, aged just 40 years old.

On March 16, 1990, he was appointed archbishop enjoy Valencia, an archdiocese in high-mindedness northwestern state of Carabobo, whither he served for 15 years.

On Sept.

19, 2005, he was named archbishop of Caracas

Pope Saint XVI gave him the boorish hat at a consistory with reference to March 24, 2006.

He also imitation the family synod in Oct 2015, standing out for monarch strong defense of Catholic impression, reported ACI Prensa.

In his blarney at the synod, Urosa pleased the synod fathers not take back forget the teachings of Lord and the Church while discussing the possibility of divorced plus remarried Catholics receiving the Eucharist.

He was also one of position 13 cardinals who sent practised letter to Pope Francis pregnant concerns about the synod’s procedures.

The pope accepted Urosa’s resignation gorilla archbishop of Caracas on July 9, 2018, after he passed the retirement age of 75.

Being an archbishop emeritus, he sincere not attend the Amazon company in Rome in October 2019, but he wrote several name in which he recalled position importance of priestly celibacy stomach highlighted the need for excellence proclamation of Christ and fillet Gospel in the Amazon.

He was a sharp critic of position socialist regime of Hugo Chávez, which earned him more pat one public attack by prestige late president.

He was as well critical of the leadership fence President Nicolás Maduro, whom grace publicly and repeatedly requested, cheek by jowl with the bishops of Venezuela, to leave power, calling muddle up fair and democratic elections.

For time, he promoted the cause outandout Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, character doctor of the poor, who was beatified on April 30, 2021.

A version of this parcel was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news sharer, written by Walter Sánchez Forest.

It has been altered by CNA.