Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la morte di Sua Altezza Reale il Principe Filippo, Duca di Edimburgo, inviato a nome del Santo Padre Francesco, dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin a Sua Maestà la Regina Elisabetta II:

Telegramma

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
LONDON

SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF YOUR HUSBAND PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS OFFERS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOUR MAJESTY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. RECALLING PRINCE PHILIP’S DEVOTION TO HIS MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, HIS DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND HIS COMMITMENT TO THE EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS, HIS HOLINESS COMMENDS HIM TO THE MERCIFUL LOVE OF CHRIST OUR REDEEMER. UPON YOU AND UPON ALL WHO GRIEVE HIS LOSS IN THE SURE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION, THE HOLY FATHER INVOKES THE LORD’S BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[00476-EN.01] [Original text: English]