Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime dell’attentato terroristico, avvenuto la scorsa notte a Sharm el-Sheikh (Egitto), inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI alle autorità civili ed ecclesiastiche tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato:

HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH IN EGYPT AND HE EXPRESSES HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. IN CONDEMNING SUCH SENSELESS ACTS, HIS HOLINESS APPEALS TO ALL TO RENOUNCE THE WAY OF VIOLENCE WHICH CAUSES SO MUCH SUFFERING TO CIVILIAN POPULATIONS, AND INSTEAD TO EMBRACE THE WAY OF PEACE. PRAYING FOR THE ETERNAL REPOSE OF THE DEAD HE INVOKES UPON ALL THE AFFLICTED THE ALMIGHTY’S BLESSINGS OF COMFORT AND STRENGTH.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[00910-02.01] [Original text: English]

[B0386-XX.01]