C7AB - Celebrate New Pope, Honor Francis

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH JOINING THE CATHOLIC FAITHFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE WORLD IN CELEBRATING THE HISTORIC ELECTION OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV AS THE 267TH POPE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE FIRST PONTIFF FROM THE UNITED STATES TO SHEPHERD THE GLOBAL CATHOLIC FLOCK; AND EXPRESSING PROFOUND SORROW AT THE PASSING OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS, HONORING HIS ENDURING LEGACY AS A BEACON OF HUMILITY, COMPASSION, AND MORAL COURAGE; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT THIS RESOLUTION TO PARISH ADMINISTRATORS OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES, SAINT PATRICK, AND SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AS WELL AS TO HIS EXCELLENCY ARCHBISHOP THOMAS WENSKI.