Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per l’assassinio dell'ex Primo Ministro del Giappone, Shinzo Abe, avvenuto ieri, venerdì 8 luglio 2022, inviato - a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato, Pietro Parolin, a S.E. Mons. Leo Boccardi, Nunzio Apostolico in Giappone:

Telegramma

THE MOST REVEREND LEO BOCCARDI

APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN JAPAN

TOKYO

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE ASSASSINATION OF MR SHINZO ABE, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, AND HE OFFERS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SENSELESS ACT, HE PRAYS THAT JAPANESE SOCIETY WILL BE STRENGTHENED IN ITS HISTORIC COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[01063-EN.01] [Original text: English]