Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime dell’incidente ferroviario avvenuto la notte scorsa in Grecia, inviato - a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin al Presidente della Conferenza Episcopale della Grecia, S.E. Mons. Petros Stefànou:

Telegramma

THE MOST REVEREND
PETROS STEFÀNOU
PRESIDENT OF THE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF GREECE

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE LOSS OF LIFE AND INJURY CAUSED BY THE TRAIN CRASH NEAR LARISSA, AND HE SENDS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS PRAYERS TO EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY. ENTRUSTING THE SOULS OF THE DECEASED TO THE LOVING MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD, HE OFFERS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES WHO MOURN THEIR LOVED ONES. TO THE INJURED, THE EMERGENCY WORKERS AND ALL THOSE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, HIS HOLINESS IMPARTS HIS BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY IN THE LORD.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[00371-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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