Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime degli attentati terroristici di ieri a Mumbay (India), inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, alle Autorità civili ed ecclesiastiche:

DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MUMBAI HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI ASSURES ALL AFFECTED OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS IN PRAYER. WHILE DEPLORING THESE SENSELESS ACTS AGAINST HUMANITY, THE HOLY FATHER COMMENDS THE MANY DECEASED TO THE LOVING MERCY OF THE ALMIGHTY. UPON THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES AND THE NUMEROUS INJURED HE INVOKES THE DIVINE GIFTS OF STRENGTH, CONSOLATION AND COMFORT.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01067-02.02] [Original text: English]

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