Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le numerose vittime del tifone che si è abbattuto in Corea del Sud che il Santo Padre ha fatto pervenire, tramite il Card. Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, all’Arcivescovo di Kwangju, S.E. Mons. Andreas Choi Chang-mou:

THE MOST REVEREND ANDREAS CHOI CHANG-MOU

ARCHBISHOP OF KWANGJU

PRESIDENT CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF KOREA

DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY THE TYPHOON THAT STRUCK SOUTH KOREA, THE HOLY FATHER PRAYS FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. HIS HOLINESS ASKS THAT YOU CONVEY THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SOLIDARITY TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE TASK OF RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION, AND HE INVOKES ALMIGHTY GOD’S BLESSING OF STRENGHT AND COMFORT UPON ALL THE AFFLICTED.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01418-02.01] [Original text: English]