Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime dell’eruzione del vulcano Semeru (Indonesia), inviato, a nome del Santo Padre Francesco, dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin al Nunzio Apostolico in Indonesia, S.E. Mons. Piero Pioppo:

Telegramma

THE MOST REVEREND PIERO PIOPPO
APOSTOLIC NUNZIO IN INDONESIA
JAKARTA

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE RECENT LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT SEMERU AND HE EXPRESSES HIS HEARTFELT SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS IMMENSE TRAGEDY. AT THE SAME TIME, HE OFFERS THE ASSURANCE OF PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, INJURED, AND DISPLACED AS WELL AS FOR THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES ENGAGED IN RECOVERY EFFORTS. AS A SIGN OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS, HIS HOLINESS WILLINGLY INVOKES UPON ALL THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF STRENGTH AND PEACE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01737-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0826-XX.01]