“By now you have likely heard the news of the passing of our Holy Father Pope Francis. We join the Church Universal in mourning the death of the Vicar of Christ and pray for his eternal repose in the peace of the Risen Lord. While death is always a loss, the fact that our Holy Father went to the meet the Lord in the Octave of Easter brings with it great hope: that the power and glory of the Resurrection may once again triumph over death, and that Pope Francis may be received into the joy of the Father’s House.”

Read Bishop Wall’s full statement:

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From the Bishop: Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis

We join the Church Universal in mourning the death of the Vicar of Christ and pray for his eternal repose in the peace of the Risen Lord.