[Mhiz Rebecca]

Pope Francis despite his reservations about Donald
Trump has congratulated the new President on his
inauguration in a letter. The Pope extended the new
President good wishes and hoped that his decisions
would be guided by the values that have helped shape
the country. Read the letter after the cut...
Upon your inauguration as the forty-fifth President of the
United States of America,
I offer you my cordial good wishes and the assurance of my
prayers that Almighty
God will grant you wisdom and strength in the exercise of
your high office. At a time when our human family is beset
by grave humanitarian crises demanding farsighted and
united political responses, I pray that your decisions will be
guided by the rich spiritual and ethical values that have
shaped the history of the American people and your nation's
commitment to the advancement of human dignity and
freedom worldwide. Under your leadership, may America's
stature continue to be measured above all by its concern for
the poor, the outcast and those in need who, like Lazarus,
stand before our door. With these sentiments, I ask the Lord
to grant you and your family, and all the beloved American
people, his blessings of peace, concord and every material
and spiritual prosperity.