Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio del Santo Padre Leone XIV per le vittime dell’incendio avvenuto in un centro commerciale a Kut in Iraq, inviato a firma del Cardinale Segretario di Stato Pietro Parolin:

Telegramma

SADDENED TO BE INFORMED OF THE FIRE IN KUT THAT LEFT MANY DEAD AND INJURED, HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV SENDS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL SOLIDARITY TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF THIS TRAGEDY, ESPECIALLY THE WOUNDED AND THE FAMILIES WHO GRIEVE. HE COMMENDS THE SOULS OF THE DECEASED TO THE LOVING MERCY OF THE ALMIGHTY, AND OFFERS HIS PRAYERS FOR THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. UPON ALL, HIS HOLINESS INVOKES THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF STRENGTH, CONSOLATION AND PEACE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE

[00916-EN.01] [Original text: English]

[B0505-XX.01]