{"id":4803,"date":"2006-02-09T00:31:44","date_gmt":"2006-02-09T00:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/a-final-letter.html"},"modified":"2006-02-09T00:31:44","modified_gmt":"2006-02-09T00:31:44","slug":"a-final-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/a-final-letter.html","title":{"rendered":"A final letter…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The text of the letter to the Pope from the murdered Fr. Andrea Sanora:<\/a><\/p>\n

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I am writing to you in the name of some Georgian ladies of my parish, St. Mary’s in Trabzon (Trebisonda) on the Black Sea, Turkey. They dictated it to me in Turkish, I have translated it for you exactly as it came from their lips and I give it to you on the occasion of my visit to Rome. I am don Andrea Santoro, a Fidei Donum priest of the Church of Rome in Turkey, in the Diocese of Anatolia, resident here for the past 5 years. My flock is made up of 8\/9 Catholics, many Orthodox of the city, and Muslims, who make up 99% of the population. You, Holiness, are both the Bishop of my native diocese (Rome) as well as Bishop of my diocese of destination, as it is an "Apostolic Vicariate." In virtue of this double title, I give you the letter of the three Georgian women. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The text of the letter to the Pope from the murdered Fr. Andrea Sanora: I am writing to you in the name of some Georgian ladies of my parish, St. Mary’s in Trabzon (Trebisonda) on the Black Sea, Turkey. 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