Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte del Re di Tonga Taufa’Ahau Tupou IV, inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI al figlio suo successore al trono:

● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE

HIS MAJESTY
TAUFA’AHAU TUPOU V
KING OF TONGA

I WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY KING TAUFA’AHAU TUPOU IV, YOUR BELOVED FATHER, AND I SEND MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOU, THE ROYAL FAMILY AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF TONGA. ASSURING THE BEREAVED OF MY PRAYERS AND SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS AT THIS TIME OF NATIONAL MOURNING, I COMMEND THE LONG REIGNING LATE KING TO THE LOVING MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND INVOKE UPON THE COUNTRY THE DIVINE GIFTS OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE. AS A PLEDGE OF HOPE IN THE RISEN LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, I IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING.

BENEDICTUS PP. XVI

[01260-02.01] [Original text: English]

[B0447-XX.02]