UPON MY ELECTION AS BISHOP OF ROME
AND SUPREME PASTOR OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH. I GREET YOU WITH THESE WORDS OF
THE APOSTLE PAUL AND ANNOUNCE THE
SOLEMN INAUGURATION OF MY PONTIFICATE ON
19 MARCH NEXT.
FROM THE VATICAN, 13 MARCH 2013
FRANCISCUS PP,
“GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR
FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” (ROM 1:7).
TRUSTING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT’S GUIDANCE
OF MY MINISTRY AS SUCCESSOR OF PETER AND
SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD, AND
KINDLY REQUESTING A REMEMBRANCE IN YOUR
PRAYERS, I OFFER YOU A BROTHERLY EMBRACE
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR.
Ftesa personale e Papa Françeskut I për
Kryepiskopin Anastas.
TO HIS BEATITUDE ANASTAS
ARCHBISHOP OF TIRANA, DURRËS
AND ALL ALBANIA