Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime del violento attacco avvenuto in un centro commerciale di Sydney (Australia), inviato - a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin a S.E. Mons. Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., Arcivescovo Metropolita di Sydney:

Telegramma

THE MOST REVEREND ANTHONY FISHER
ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE VIOLENT ATTACK IN SYDNEY, AND HE SENDS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO ALL AFFECTED BY THIS SENSELESS TRAGEDY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NOW MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. HE LIKEWISE OFFERS HIS PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, THE INJURED, AS WELL AS THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AND INVOKES UPON THE NATION THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[00633-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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