The following is the telegram sent by the Holy Father Leo XIV on the occasion of the ascent to the throne of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg:

Telegram

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE GRAND DUKE GUILLAUME OF LUXEMBOURG

ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATIONS IN HONOUR OF THE ACCESSION TO THE THRONE OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, I AM DELIGHTED TO SEND YOU MY MOST SINCERE WISHES. I JOIN IN THE JOY OF AN ENTIRE COUNTRY RICH IN ANCIENT AND PRESTIGIOUS TRADITIONS DEEPLY ROOTED IN HISTORY. MAY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS IN TURN CONTRIBUTE TO PROMOTING A LIFE BASED ON RESPECT FOR THE CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT HAVE FORGED LUXEMBOURG'S IDENTITY AND THUS FAVOUR THE TIRELESS PURSUIT OF THE COMMON GOOD.

ON THIS JOYFUL DAY, I EXTEND MY CORDIAL REGARDS TO YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, ACCOMPANIED BY SINCERE WISHES FOR PEACE FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR COUNTRY. WHILE INVOKING UPON IT THE HEAVENLY PROTECTION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, I IMPART TO YOU THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING, WHICH I GLADLY EXTEND TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE GRAND-DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG.

LEO PP. XIV