Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la scomparsa dell’ex Presidente degli Stati Uniti d’America, Jimmy Carter, inviato – a nome del Santo Padre Francesco – dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato, Pietro Parolin:

Telegramma

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND OFFERS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES. RECALLING PRESIDENT CARTER’S FIRM COMMITMENT, MOTIVATED BY DEEP CHRISTIAN FAITH, TO THE CAUSE OF RECONCILIATION AND PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLES, THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WELFARE OF THE POOR AND THOSE IN NEED, THE HOLY FATHER COMMENDS HIM TO THE INFINITE MERCIES OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND PRAYS FOR THE CONSOLATION OF ALL WHO MOURN HIS LOSS.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[02086-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B1042-XX.01]