Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime dello tsunami abbattutosi nell’Isola di Giava, inviato dal Santo Padre alle Autorità ecclesiastiche e civili, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato:

DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECENT TSUNAMI IN JAVA, HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI ASSURES ALL THOSE AFFECTED OF HIS CLOSENESS IN PRAYER. HE COMMENDS THE DECEASED TO THE LOVING MERCY OF THE ALMIGHTY, AND UPON THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES HE INVOKES DIVINE BLESSINGS OF STRENGTH AND CONSOLATION. HIS HOLINESS LIKEWISE PRAYS FOR THE RESCUE WORKERS AND ALL INVOLVED IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO DISPLACED FAMILIES, ENCOURAGING THEM TO PERSEVERE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO BRING RELIEF AND SUPPORT.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01082-02.01] [Original text: English]

[B0376-XX.01]