Pubblichiamo di seguito il Messaggio di cordoglio per la morte della Baronessa Margaret Thatcher, avvenuta questa mattina, inviato, a nome del Santo Padre Francesco, al Primo Ministro del Regno Unito David Cameron dal Segretario di Stato Tarcisio Bertone:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAVID CAMERON, MP

THE PRIME MINISTER

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF BARONESS MARGARET THATCHER. HE RECALLS WITH APPRECIATION THE CHRISTIAN VALUES WHICH UNDERPINNED HER COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO THE PROMOTION OF FREEDOM AMONG THE FAMILY OF NATIONS. ENTRUSTING HER SOUL TO THE MERCY OF GOD, AND ASSURING HER FAMILY AND THE BRITISH PEOPLE OF A REMEMBRANCE IN HIS PRAYERS, THE HOLY FATHER INVOKES UPON ALL WHOSE LIVES SHE TOUCHED GOD’S ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.

CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE

SECRETARY OF STATE

[00470-02.01] [Original text: English]

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