Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime del terremoto nel Sud-Est asiatico, in particolare in Myanmar e Thailandia, inviato a nome del Santo Padre Francesco alle Autorità ecclesiastiche e civili di entrambi i Paesi:

Telegramma

DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF LIFE AND WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, ESPECIALLY IN MYANMAR AND THAILAND, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS OFFERS HEARTFELT PRAYERS FOR THE SOULS OF THE DECEASED AND THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO ALL AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY. HIS HOLINESS LIKEWISE PRAYS THAT THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WILL BE SUSTAINED IN THEIR CARE OF THE INJURED AND DISPLACED BY THE DIVINE GIFTS OF FORTITUDE AND PERSEVERANCE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[00404-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0211-XX.01]