Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio che il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha inviato - tramite il Cardinale Segretario di Stato Tarcisio Bertone - al Presidente della Conferenza Episcopale di Myanmar, l’Arcivescovo Paul Zinghtung Grawng, per le vittime colpite nei giorni scorsi dal passaggio del ciclone "Nargis" nella parte meridionale del Myanmar:

THE MOST REVEREND PAUL ZINGHTUNG GRAWNG
ARCHBISHOP OF MANDALAY
PRESIDENT OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF MYANMAR

DEEPLY SADDENED BY NEWS OF THE TRAGIC AFTERMATH OF THE RECENT CYCLONE, THE HOLY FATHER EXPRESSES HIS HEARTFELT SYMPATHY. WITH PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, HE INVOKES GOD’S PEACE UPON THE DEAD AND DIVINE STRENGTH AND COMFORT UPON THE HOMELESS AND ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING. CONFIDENT THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL RESPOND WITH GENEROUS AND EFFECTIVE RELIEF TO THE NEEDS OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN, HIS HOLINESS ASKS YOU TO CONVEY HIS SOLIDARITY AND CONCERN TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND TO ALL THE BELOVED PEOPLE OF MYANMAR

CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE
SECRETARY OF STATE

[00688-02.01] [Original text: English]

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