Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma inviato, a nome del Santo Padre Francesco, dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin, al Primo Ministro iracheno Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, per l’attentato accaduto a Baghdad:

Telegramma

HIS EXCELLENCY MUSTAFA AL-KADHIMI
PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ

FOLLOWING THE ATTACK ON YOUR RESIDENCE IN BAGHDAD, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WISHES ME TO CONVEY HIS PRAYERFUL CLOSENESS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AND TO THOSE INJURED. IN CONDEMNING THIS VILE ACT OF TERRORISM, HIS HOLINESS ONCE MORE EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE THAT WITH THE BLESSING OF THE MOST HIGH GOD THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ WILL BE CONFIRMED IN WISDOM AND STRENGTH IN PURSUING THE PATH OF PEACE THROUGH DIALOGUE AND FRATERNAL SOLIDARITY.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01549-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0732-XX.01]