Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime del devastante terremoto in Afghanistan e in Pakistan, inviato - a nome del Santo Padre - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin al Nunzio Apostolico in Pakistan, S.E. Mons. Ghaleb Bader:

Telegramma

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AS A RESULT OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN THE REGION. HE EXPRESSES HIS HEARTFELT SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER, AND HE OFFERS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, AS WELL AS FOR THE INJURED AND THOSE STILL MISSING. UPON ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES AND UPON THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE RELIEF EFFORTS, POPE FRANCIS INVOKES THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01847-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0829-XX.01]