Pubblichiamo di seguito il testo del telegramma di cordoglio inviato - ieri pomeriggio - dal Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II al Presidente George Bush, in seguito all’attacco terroristico contro gli Stati Uniti d’America avvenuto nella mattinata di ieri, martedì 11 settembre 2001:

THE HON. GEORGE W. BUSH

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON DC

SHOCKED BY THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR OF TODAY’S INHUMAN TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES I HURRY TO EXPRESS TO YOU AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS MY PROFOUND SORROW AND MY CLOSENESS IN PRAYER FOR THE NATION AT THIS DARK AND TRAGIC MOMENT. COMMENDING THE VICTIMS TO ALMIGHTY GOD’S ETERNAL MERCY, I IMPLORE HIS STRENGTH UPON ALL INVOLVED IN RESCUE EFFORTS AND IN CARING FOR THE SURVIVORS. I BEG GOD TO SUSTAIN YOU AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THIS HOUR OF SUFFERING AND TRIAL.

IOANNES PAULUS PP. II

[01413-02.01] [Original text: English]