TELEGRAM
VATICAN CITY
11 NOVEMBER 1980
MR. ENDA DUNLEAVY
PRESIDENT
CONCILIUM MARIAE LEGIONIS
NORTH BRUNSWICK STREET
DUBLIN, IRELAND
THE LEGION OF MARY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD MOURNS THE DEATH OF ITS FOUNDER FRANK DUFF. I JOIN WITH THE MEMBERS IN PRAYING FOR THE ETERNAL REPOSE OF HIS SOUL. THE ASSOCIATION THAT HE FOUNDED HAS MADE COUNTLESS LAY CATHOLICS AWARE OF THEIR INDESPENSABLE ROLE IN EVANGELIZATION AND SANCTIFICATION AND HAS ENABLED THEM TO FULFILL THAT ROLE ZEALOUSLY AND EFFECTIVELY. TO ALL LEGIONARIES I IMPART THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING AND COMFORT IN THEIR LOSS AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN THEIR FUTURE TASK.
JOHN PAUL 11