Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime delle piogge monsoniche in India, inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI all’Arcivescovo di Bombay, Card. Ivan Dias, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato:

CARDINAL IVAN DIAS

ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY

21 NATHALAL PAREKH MARG

MUMBAI 400 001

DEEPLY SADDENED BY REPORTS OF THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE MONSOON RAINS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE, HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI SENDS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS PROFOUND SOLIDARITY AND PASTORAL CONCERN. WITH FERVENT PRAYERS THAT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL GRANT ETERNAL PEACE TO THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AND CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH TO THE HOMELESS, INJURED AND SUFFERING, HE INVOKES THE DIVINE GIFTS OF WISDOM, STRENGTH AND PEACE UPON THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND THOSE ENGAGED IN THE MASSIVE WORK OF RELIEF AND REBUILDING.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[00923-02.02] [Original text: English]

[B0393-XX.01]