Informato della tragedia che ha coinvolto la Famiglia Reale, il Santo Padre ha inviato al Reggente del Nepal, tramite il Nunzio Apostolico, il telegramma di cordoglio che pubblichiamo di seguito:

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

PRINCE GYANENDRA BIR BIKRAM SHAH DEV

REGENT OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL

KATHMANDU

SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE TRAGIC DEATHS OF HIS MAJESTY KING BIRENDRA BIR BIKRAM SHAH DEV AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, I EXTEND CONDOLENCES TO YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, AND THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF NEPAL. ASSURING YOU OF MY PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED, I INVOKE ABUNDANT DIVINE BLESSINGS OF COMFORT AND PEACE UPON ALL WHO ARE IN MOURNING.

IOANNES PAULUS PP. II

[00935-02.01] [Original text: English]