Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime del tragico incidente avvenuto ieri nello Stadio "Ultra" di Pasig (Filippine), inviato dal Papa Benedetto XVI al Vescovo di Pasig, S.E. Mons. Francisco C. San Diego, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato:

TO THE MOST REVEREND FRANCISCO C. SAN DIEGO
BISHOP OF PASIG

DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE IN PASIG, THE HOLY FATHER OFFERS HIS PRAYERS FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. IN A SPECIAL WAY HIS HOLINESS ASKS ALMIGHTY GOD TO GRANT SOLACE TO THE INJURED ANT TO THOSE WHO ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES. ENTRUSTING YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE TO THE PROTECTION OF MARY QUEEN OF PEACE, THE HOLY FATHER IMPARTS HIS APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF STRENGTH AND COMFORT IN THE LORD.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO
SECRETARY OF STATE

[00182-02.01] [Original text: English]