Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime delle forti inondazioni avvenute in Rwanda, inviato - a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin al Nunzio Apostolico del Paese, S.E. Mons. Arnaldo Catalan:

Telegramma

THE MOST REVEREND
ARNALDO CATALAN
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN RWANDA
KIGALI

    HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE RECENT FLOODING IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PROVINCES OF RWANDA AND HE WISHES TO EXPRESS HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS WITH ALL THOSE SUFFERING IN THE WAKE OF THIS DISASTER. HIS HOLINESS ALSO OFFERS THE ASSURANCE OF PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, INJURED, AND DISPLACED AS WELL AS THOSE ENGAGED IN RECOVERY EFFORTS. AS A SIGN OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS, THE HOLY FATHER WILLINGLY INVOKES UPON ALL THE PEOPLE OF RWANDA ALMIGHTY GOD’S BLESSINGS OF STRENGTH AND PEACE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[00737-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0335-XX.01]