Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime della frana in Papua Nuova Guinea, inviato - a nome del Santo Padre Francesco - dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin al Nunzio Apostolico, S.E. Mons. Mauro Lalli:

Telegramma del Santo Padre

HIS EXCELLENCY MAURO LALLI
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PORT MORESBY

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE LANDSLIDE IN THE ENGA PROVINCE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND HE ASSURES EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS. PRAYING ESPECIALLY FOR THE DEAD, THOSE WHO MOURN THEIR LOSS, AND FOR THE RESCUE OF THE MANY PERSONS STILL MISSING, HIS HOLINESS OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR RELIEF EFFORTS, AND WILLINGLY INVOKES UPON ALL THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[00918-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0446-XX.01]