Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime della strage avvenuta domenica 21 novembre a Waukesha, nel Winsconsin (U.S.A.), inviato - a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin all’Arcivescovo di Milwaukee, S.E. Mons. Jerome Edward Listecki:

Telegramma

THE MOST REVEREND JEROME E. LISTECKI

ARCHBISHOP OF MILWAUKEE

THE HOLY FATHER ASKS YOU KINDLY TO CONVEY THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO ALL AFFECTED BY THE TRAGIC INCIDENT THAT RECENTLY TOOK PLACE IN WAUKESHA. HE COMMENDS THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO DIED TO ALMIGHTY GOD’S LOVING MERCY AND IMPLORES THE DIVINE GIFTS OF HEALING AND CONSOLATION UPON THE INJURED AND BEREAVED. HE JOINS YOU IN ASKING THE LORD TO BESTOW UPON EVERYONE THE SPIRITUAL STRENGTH WHICH TRIUMPHS OVER VIOLENCE AND OVERCOMES EVIL WITH GOOD (CF. ROM 12:21).

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01632-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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