Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime delle calamità naturali avvenute nei giorni scorsi in Indonesia, inviato - a nome del Santo Padre - dal Cardinale Tarcisio Bertone, Segretario di Stato, a S.E. Mons. Leopoldo Girelli, Nunzio Apostolico in Indonesia:

DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE RECENT DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES AFFECTING INDONESIA, HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI PRAYS FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES, INVOKING ETERNAL REST UPON THE DECEASED AND DIVINE STRENGTH AND CONSOLATION ON ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING. HIS HOLINESS LIKEWISE ENCOURAGES THE RESCUE WORKERS AND ALL INVOLVED IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS OF THIS DISASTER TO PERSEVERE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO BRING RELIEF, COMFORT AND SUPPORT

CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01425-02.01] [Original text: English]