Pubblichiamo di seguito il testo del telegramma di cordoglio per le centinaia di vittime dell’attentato di sabato sera a Bali, in Indonesia, fatto pervenire dal Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, al Nunzio Apostolico a Jakarta:

HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS BEEN DEEPLY SHOCKED BY NEWS OF THE TERRIBLE ATTACK IN BALI WHICH HAS CAUSED MANY DEATHS AND INJURIES AND HE ASKS YOU TO CONVEY TO THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES THE ASSURANCE OF HIS PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS, COMMENDING THEM TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND INVOKING DIVINE STRENGTH AND COMFORT ON THE INJURED AND ON ALL AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGIC EVENT. SUCH CRUEL AND MISGUIDED VIOLENCE CANNOT BE THE PATH TO A MORE JUST AND CIVIL SOCIETY, AND IT MUST BE CONDEMNED BY ALL WHO ASPIRE TO A WORLD OF PEACE BUILT ON RESPECT FOR THE INVIOLABLE DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN LIFE.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01573-02.01] [Original text: English]