From Kennedy's letter to the Pope (updated)

[ProSense]

At the graveside service at Arlington National Cemetery for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C. and a family friend, read portions of the letter that President Obama delivered on Kennedy's behalf to the pope last month and portions of the pope's reply.

Kennedy's letter:

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I also want you to know that even though I am ill, I am committed to do everything that I can to achieve access to healthcare for everyone in my country. This has been the political cause of my life.

Full letter and response

Updated to add intro.

[Uzybone]

1. thank you

[JNelson6563]

2. Beautiful

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

Julie

[indepat]

3. What an incredible legacy: striving to achieve access to healthcare for everyone in my country

If only 'pukes, with all their values, sanctimony, reichousness et al, would get on board, what a wonderful world the land of the free and home of the brave could be. :D

[otohara]

4. Yeah, But Why Didn't POPE Write His Own Reply

I take it as a possible swipe at Kennedy for his support of a woman's right to choose abortion.

Unless, this is protocol for le Pope, .It just seems weird to me that he used a surrogate to write a letter to a dying US Catholic Senator????