Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime dell’incendio avvenuto ieri in una scuola a Kumbakonam (India), che Giovanni Paolo II ha inviato, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, alle competenti autorità in India:

THE HOLY FATHER WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEVASTATING SCHOOL FIRE IN KUMBAKONAM WHICH HAS TAKEN THE LIVES OF SO MANY YOUNG CHILDREN AND HAS LEFT SO MANY OTHERS INJURED. HE ASSURES ALL INVOLVED IN THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY OF HIS CLOSENESS IN PRAYER. HIS HOLINESS COMMENDS THE DEAD TO THE LOVING MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD, AND UPON THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED HARM HE INVOKES THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION, STRENGTH AND HEALING.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01163-02.01] [Testo originale: Inglese]

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