Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma che il Santo Padre Leone XIV ha inviato – a firma del Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin – per l’attacco nella Chiesa greco-ortodossa di Sant’Elia a Damasco:

HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE ATTACK ON THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF MAR ELIAS IN DAMASCUS, AND HE EXPRESSES HEARTFELT SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY. IN COMMENDING THE SOULS OF THE DECEASED TO THE LOVING MERCY OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, HIS HOLINESS LIKEWISE PRAYS FOR THOSE WHO MOURN THEIR LOSS, FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE INJURED, AND INVOKES THE ALMIGHTY’S GIFTS OF CONSOLATION, HEALING AND PEACE UPON THE NATION.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[00811-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0437-XX.01]