Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma che il Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin ha inviato – a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - a S.E. Mons. Petros Stefànou, Presidente della Conferenza Episcopale della Grecia, per i danni causati dagli incendi in Grecia:

Telegramma

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

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS IS DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE THREAT TO LIFE AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WIDESPREAD WILDFIRES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF GREECE, AND BEYOND, AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT HEATWAVE AFFLICTING A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HIS HOLINESS ASSURES ALL THOSE AFFECTED OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS AND PRAYS IN A PARTICULAR WAY THAT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL BLESS THE EFFORTS OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO COMBAT THIS HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IT IS LIKEWISE HIS HOPE THAT THE RISKS TO OUR COMMON HOME, EXACERBATED BY THE PRESENT CLIMATE CRISIS, WILL SPUR ALL PEOPLE TO RENEW THEIR EFFORTS TO CARE FOR THE GIFT OF CREATION, FOR THE SAKE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01178-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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