Lima, Peru, Jan 10, 2012 / 16:12 pm
Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Vatican charity Cor Unum, is on pilgrimage in Peru this week to visit the places where St. Rose of Lima lived.
The trip “has brought me into greater union with her and for that I thank the Lord,” he told the Archdiocese of Lima on Jan. 9. “I am very fortunate to visit the place where St. Rosa lived, because her message continues to live on.”
Cardinal Sarah, a native of Africa, noted that ever since he was a young boy he has had a special devotion to St. Rose, the patron saint of his hometown in Guinea.
During his pilgrimage, Cardinal Sarah visited the monastery and minor basilica of the 17th century saint as well as the monastery of St. Catherine.
He asked the Dominican cloistered community at St. Rose's monastery to pray for him and said he was happy to learn that there are nuns today who wish to follow the saint's example.