Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per l’uccisione di due Suore della Congregazione del Sacro Cuore durante un attacco di uomini armati, avvenuto domenica 15 agosto in Sud Sudan, inviato - a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin a Mons. Mark Kadima, della Nunziatura Apostolica in Sud Sudan:

Telegramma

MONSIGNOR MARK KADIMA

CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES, A.I.

APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE IN SOUTH SUDAN

JUBA

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE BRUTAL ATTACK ON A GROUP OF SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS LAST SUNDAY, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF SISTER MARY ABUD AND SISTER REGINA ROBA. HE OFFERS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILIES AND TO THEIR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IN THE WAKE OF THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. TRUSTING THAT THEIR SACRIFICE WILL ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND SECURITY IN THE REGION, HIS HOLINESS PRAYS FOR THEIR ETERNAL REST AND THE COMFORT OF THOSE WHO GRIEVE THEIR LOSS. INVOKING UPON ALL TAKING PART IN THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL THE CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH OF THE RISEN LORD, VICTOR OVER SIN AND DEATH, THE HOLY FATHER CORDIALLY IMPARTS HIS APOSTOLIC BLESSING.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01094-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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