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TELEGRAMMA DI CORDOGLIO DEL SANTO PADRE PER LE VITTIME DELL’ATTENTATO A BOMBAY (INDIA), 27.08.2003


TELEGRAMMA DI CORDOGLIO DEL SANTO PADRE PER LE VITTIME DELL’ATTENTATO A BOMBAY (INDIA)

Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime dell’attentato avvenuto a Bombay (India), inviato dal Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II all’Arcivescovo della città, Em.mo Card. Ivan Dias, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato:

● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE

CARDINAL IVAN DIAS

ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY

DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSIONS IN BOMBAY, THE HOLY FATHER ASKS YOU KINDLY TO CONVEY HIS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND THE AFFLICTED FAMILIES. HE APPEALS TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF GOOD WILL TO RENOUNCE THE WAYS OF VIOLENCE WHICH HAVE CAUSED SO MUCH UNNECESSARY SUFFERING AND ALLOW PEACE TO TRIUMPH OVER THE FORCES OF HATRED AND MISTRUST. HIS HOLINESS PRAYS FOR THE REPOSE OF THE VICTIMS AND IMPLORES GOD’S GIFT OF STRENGTH AND COMFORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE INJURED AND MOURNING.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01324-02.02] [Original text: English]