Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime del disastro aereo, avvenuto ieri nei pressi di Port Harcourt in Nigeria, inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI alVescovo di Port Harcourt, S.E. Mons. Alexius Obabu Makozi:

THE MOST REVEREND ALEXIUS OBABU MAKOZI

BISHOP OF PORT HARCOURT

SADDENED BY NEWS OF THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN THE AIR TRAGEDY NEAR PORT HARCOURT, THE HOLY FATHER ASKS YOU KINDLY TO CONVEY HIS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. HE COMMENDS THE DEAD TO THE ETERNAL MERCIES OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND INVOKES THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF STRENGTH AND PEACE UPON ALL WHO MOURN AND UPON ALL ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF RELIEF.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01613-02.02] [Original text: English]