Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le centinaia di vittime dell’esplosione di un oleodotto avvenuta ieri alla periferia di Lagos in Nigeria, inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI all’Arcivescovo di Lagos, Card. Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, tramite il Cardinale Tarcisio Bertone, Segretario di Stato:

HIS EMINENCE
CARDINAL ANTHONY OLUBUNMI OKOGIE
ARCHBISHOP OF LAGOS

DEEPLY SADDENED BY REPORTS OF THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN LAGOS, 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 AND INJURED, HE INVOKES THE DIVINE GIFTS OF WISDOM, STRENGTH AND PEACE UPON THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND THOSE ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF RELIEF AND REBUILDING.

CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01906-02.01] [Original text: English]

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