Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime causate dai tifoni nelle Filippine, che il Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II ha inviato, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, all’Arcivescovo di Manila Em.mo Card. Jaime L. Sin:

CARDINAL JAIME L.SIN
ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA

DEEPLY CONCERNED BY NEWS OF DEATH AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY TYPHOONS AND BAD WEATHER IN THE PHILIPPINES, ESPECIALLY MANILA AND LUZON, THE HOLY FATHER IS CLOSE TO YOU IN PRAYER, COMMENDING THE VICTIMS TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND INVOKING DIVINE STRENGHT AND CONFORT UPON THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES AND ALL AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY. HE JOINS YOU IN APPEALING FOR A GREAT SURGE OF SOLIDARITY AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE NATION.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01167-02.01] [Original text: English]