ANCIENT POPE TO GERMAN LEADERS: CLING TO THE CATHOLIC FAITH OF ROME

In his letter commending St. Boniface to German leaders, St. Pope Gregory II wrote as follows:

“We pray that, aided by His grace, you may advance to higher and greater things, clinging with all your might to your faith in the doctrine of the Holy Apostolic See [Rome]. May you seek your reward, so far as the work of our holy religion requires, from this Holy Apostolic See, spiritual mother of all believers, as befits sons and joint heirs of a kingdom from a Royal Father.”

St. Pope Gregory II, Letter 11 (St. Boniface), Commending Boniface to Thuringian leaders (December 722)