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Vatican City, Mar 29, 2016 \/ 11:00 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- After hearing of the death of Mother Angelica on Easter Sunday, Fr. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican\u2019s spokesman, recalled the joy of being able to meet the nun several years ago in Birmingham, Alabama.<\/p>\n

Mother Angelica was \u201ca great witness and a missionary apostle,\u201d Fr. Lombardi told CNA March 28, expressing his hope \u201cthat she prays for us more than we for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, an Ohio-born Poor Clare nun, founded the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in Alabama in 1981, which has since become the largest religious media network in the world. She passed away March 27 at the age of 92.<\/p>\n

In addition to his role as the Vatican\u2019s spokesman and director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Lombardi is a longtime employee and former director of Vatican Radio.<\/p>\n

Fr. Lombardi said he \u201chad the joy\u201d of seeing Mother Angelica briefly in person several years ago at one of the first meetings of Catholic radio stations organized by EWTN at the network\u2019s headquarters in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

In the course of the meeting, \u201csomeone had kindly taken me to the shrine to greet Mother,\u201d the spokesman explained.<\/p>\n

He said his brief encounter with the nun served as \u201cproof that faith and love of God are the true engine that drives our communication \u2013 more so than technique and \u2018professionalism.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he was personally invited by EWTN\u2019s chairman Michael Warsaw to attend Mother Angelica\u2019s funeral on Friday, Fr. Lombardi said that unfortunately he is unable to attend.<\/p>\n

However, he did confirm his presence at a Mass being organized by EWTN\u2019s Rome bureau set to coincide with Mother Angelica\u2019s funeral in the United States.<\/p>\n

The Mass will take place at the Vatican parish of St. Anne\u2019s at 6 p.m. local time April 1, which coincides with the nun\u2019s 11 a.m. funeral in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Monsignor Dario Vigano, prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, has also pledged his prayers for the repose of Mother Angelica\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n

Events leading up to Mother Angelica\u2019s funeral in the U.S. will include the March 29 reception of her body at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Birmingham and a subsequent procession to the Shrine\u2019s Upper Church, where the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed.<\/p>\n

On March 30 a public rosary will be prayed in the morning, which will be followed by an all-day public visitation. The following day will also consist of public veneration, the chanting of Solemn Vespers, and a prayer vigil and rosary in anticipation of Mother\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

At the close of Mother Angelica\u2019s April 1 funeral Mass, her body will be carried in a procession through the Shrine\u2019s piazza and into the crypt where she is to be buried.<\/p>\n

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