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| Michael Davies, 2nd FIUV President |
“I
have been profoundly touched by the news of the death of Michael
Davies. I had the good fortune to meet him several times and I found him
as a man of deep faith and ready to embrace suffering. Ever since the
Council he put all his energy into the service of the Faith and left us important publications especially about the Sacred Liturgy.
Even though he suffered from the Church in many ways in his time, he
always truly remained a man of the Church. He knew that the Lord founded
His Church on the rock of St Peter and that the Faith can find its
fullness and maturity only in union with the successor of St Peter.
Therefore we can be confident that the Lord opened wide for him the
gates of heaven. We commend his soul to the Lord’s mercy.”
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
9 November 2004
“Peter’s
responsibility thus consists of guaranteeing the communion with Christ.
Let us pray so that the primacy of Peter, entrusted to poor human
beings, may always be exercised in this original sense desired by the
Lord, so that it will be increasingly recognized in its true meaning by
brothers who are still not in communion with us.” 
