Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la scomparsa di Sua Maestà il Re Harald V di Norvegia, inviato dal Santo Padre Leone XIV a Sua Maestà il Re Haakon VIII:

Telegramma del Santo Padre

HIS MAJESTY KING HAAKON VIII
KING OF NORWAY
THE ROYAL PALACE
OSLO

I WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF YOUR FATHER KING HARALD V, AND I SEND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOUR MAJESTY, THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND ALL IN THE NATION. MINDFUL OF HIS MANY YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE REALM, WHICH I HOPE WILL CONTINUE TO BEAR FRUIT, I OFFER THE ASSURANCE OF MY PRAYERS FOR THE ETERNAL REST OF THE LATE KING. UPON THE NORWEGIAN PEOPLE AND ALL WHO MOURN HIS LOSS, I CORDIALLY INVOKE ALMIGHTY GOD’S BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE.

LEO PP. XIV

[01259-EN.01] [Original text: English]

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