Telegram on the Occasion of the Inauguration of Barack Obama
January 20, 2009
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States of America
The White House
Washington, DC
On the occasion of your inauguration as the forty-fourth president of the United
States of America I offer cordial good wishes, together with the assurance of my
prayers that Almighty God will grant you unfailing wisdom and strength in the
exercise of your high responsibilities. Under your leadership may the American
people continue to find in their impressive religious and political heritage the
spiritual values and ethical principles needed to cooperate in the building of a
truly just and free society, marked by respect for the dignity, equality and
rights of each of its members, especially the poor, the outcast and those who
have no voice. At a time when so many of our brothers and sisters throughout the
world yearn for liberation from the scourge of poverty, hunger and violence, I
pray that you will be confirmed in your resolve to promote understanding,
cooperation and peace among the nations, so that all may share in the banquet of
life which God wills to set for the whole human family (Isaiah 25:6-7). Upon you
and your family, and upon all the American people, I willingly invoke the Lord’s
blessings of joy and peace.
Benedictus PP.XVI
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