Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per l’uccisione del Ministro degli Esteri svedese, Sig.ra Anna Lindh, che il Santo Padre ha fatto pervenire, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, al Primo Ministro di Svezia, Sig. Göran Persson:

MR. GÖRAN PERSSON

PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN

HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE VIOLENT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND HE SENDS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE GOVERNMENT, MS. LINDH’S FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE NATION. COMMENDING THE MINISTER'S SOUL TO THE BENEVOLENT MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD HIS HOLINESS INVOKES THE DIVINE GIFTS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH UPON ALL WHO MOURN HER PASSING.

I ADD THE EXPRESSION OF MY OWN PERSONAL SYMPATHY ON THIS SAD OCCASION AND ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01413-02.02] [Original text: English]