Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le numerose vittime del disastro aereo avvenuto ieri nella penisola del Sinai, inviato dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin, – a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - al Presidente della Federazione Russa Vladimir Putin,:

Telegramma

HIS EXCELLENCY VLADIMIR PUTIN

PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

HAVING LEARNED WITH SADNESS OF THE TRAGIC CRASH OF THE RUSSIAN AIRLINE IN THE SINAI PENINSULA, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS CONVEYS HIS CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. HE OFFERS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS PRAYERS FOR ALL WHO HAVE DIED AND FOR THOSE WHO MOURN THEIR LOSS. UPON THE NATION AND ALL INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS HIS HOLINESS INVOKES THE STRENGTH AND PEACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01886-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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