{"id":7614,"date":"2017-09-09T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/?p=7614"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:52:30","slug":"rest-peace-card-velasio-paolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2017\/09\/rest-peace-card-velasio-paolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest in peace, Cardinal Velasio de Paolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We share below the letter that Fr. Eduardo Robles-Gil, LC sent to the Legionaries of Christ and members of Regnum Christi on the occasion of the passing of Cardinal Velasio De Paolis.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To the Legionaries of Christ and members of Regnum Christi<\/p>\n<p>With great human sadness and supernatural joy I inform you that Cardinal Velasio De Paolis passed away in Rome this morning at the age of 81, after several months of battling cancer.<\/p>\n<p>I invite you to entrust him to your prayers so that God our Lord grants him eternal rest and may perpetual light shine upon him.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I feel immense gratitude for his work as papal delegate, for the testimony of his life, his dedication, his wisdom, and his advice.<\/p>\n<p>His patient and prudent guidance during nearly four years will forever be part of the history of the Legion and Regnum Christi.<\/p>\n<p>We will soon inform you of the details of the funeral Mass in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Eduardo Robles Gil<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/sites\/inmemoriam-cardvelasiodepaolis\/\">In this condolence book, you can express your condolences or share a memory of Cardinal Velasio De Paolis. Rest in peace!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/sites\/inmemoriam-cardvelasiodepaolis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7620 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/cardvelasiofb-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/cardvelasiofb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/cardvelasiofb.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We share below the letter that Fr. Eduardo Robles-Gil, LC sent to the Legionaries of Christ and members of Regnum Christi on the occasion of the passing of Cardinal Velasio De Paolis. 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