TELEGRAMMA DI CORDOGLIO DEL SANTO PADRE PER LE VITTIME DELLA STRAGE AL CAMPUS DI VIRGINIA TECH (U.S.A.) Pubblichiamo di seguito il testo del telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime della strage di ieri al Campus di Virginia Tech (U.S.A.), inviato dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI al Vescovo di Richmond, S.E. Mons. Francis Xavier DiLorenzo, tramite il Cardinale Tarcisio Bertone, Segretario di Stato:
● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE
THE MOST REVEREND FRANCIS X. DILORENZO
BISHOP OF RICHMOND (U.S.A)
DEEPLY SADDENED BY NEWS OF THE SHOOTING AT VIRGINIA TECH, HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI HAS ASKED ME TO CONVEY THE ASSURANCE OF HIS HEARTFELT PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES AND FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS SENSELESS TRAGEDY HE ASKS GOD OUR FATHER TO CONSOLE ALL THOSE WHO MOURN AND TO GRANT THEM THAT SPIRITUAL STRENGTH WHICH TRIUMPHS OVER VIOLENCE BY THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS, HOPE AND RECONCILING LOVE.
CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
[00546-02.01] [Original text: English]
