Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime degli attacchi terroristici, avvenuti questa settimana in Pakistan, che il Santo Padre ha inviato - tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato - al Nunzio Apostolico a Islamabad, S. E. Mons. Alessandro D’Errico:

THE MOST REVEREND ALESSANDRO D’ERRICO
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD

DEEPLY GRIEVED AT THE NEWS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN THIS WEEK, THE REPREHENSIBLE ASSAULTS ON INNOCENT LIFE AT THE MURREE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND AT A CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL IN TAXILA, THE HOLY FATHER OFFERS ARDENT PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, THE INJURED AND ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF THESE HEINOUS CRIMES. HE UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMNS ALL ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION, AND HE CALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REDOUBLE ITS EFFORTS AIMED AT BUILDING A WORLD OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT, A WORLD OF PEACE AND JUSTICE, WHERE SUCH OFFENSES TO HUMAN LIFE AND DIGNITY ARE NEITHER CONDONED NOR TOLERATED.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01276-02.01] [Original text: English]