Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio inviato dal Santo Padre Leone XIV, a firma del Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin, per le vittime delle inondazioni in Nepal:

Telegramma

HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE LOSS OF LIFE AND DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE FLASH FLOODS IN NEPAL. COMMENDING THE SOULS OF THE DECEASED TO THE CLEMENCY OF THE ALMIGHTY, HIS HOLINESS SENDS HEARTFELT SYMPATHIES TO THE BEREAVED, TOGETHER WITH THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY. LIKEWISE OFFERING PRAYERS FOR THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN THE ONGOING RESCUE EFFORTS, HE INVOKES UPON ALL DIVINE ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01250-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0671-XX.01]