On 11/14/2022, Apostolic Nunciature wrote:
Upon request of HE Card. Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, the Holy Father has sent the following message:
HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL BLASE CUPICH
ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO
HAVING LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF THE REVEREND DONALD SENIOR, CP, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS SENDS HIS CONDOLENCES TO YOU, HIS CONFRERES IN THE CONGREGATION OF THE PASSION, THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION AND THE ARCHDIOCESAN COMMUNITY. IN COMMENDING THE LATE FATHER SENIOR’S SOUL TO THE LOVE AND MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD, HIS HOLINESS JOINS IN YOUR PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR HIS YEARS OF PRIESTLY MINISTRY, MARKED BY ZEAL FOR THE WORD OF GOD, DEDICATION TO BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP AS A PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR, SERVICE TO THE CHURCH AS A MEMBER OF THE PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL COMMISSION AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE. TO THOSE PRESENT AT THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL AND TO ALL WHO MOURN FATHER SENIOR IN THE SURE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION, THE HOLY FATHER CORDIALLY IMPARTS HIS BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF PEACE AND CONSOLATION IN THE LORD.
CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE