Paven kondolerer etter mordet på utenriksminister Anna Lindh

Pave Johannes Paul II, som nå er på pastoralreise i Slovakia, har sendt det nedenstående kondolansetelegram til den svenske statsminister etter mordet på utenriksminister Anna Lindh. Telegrammet er undertegnet kardinal Angelo Sodano, Pavestolens utenriksminister / statssekretær.

MR. GÖRAN PERSSON

PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN

HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE VIOLENT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND HE SENDS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE GOVERNMENT, MS. LINDH'S FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE NATION. COMMENDING THE MINISTER'S SOUL TO THE BENEVOLENT MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD HIS HOLINESS INVOKES THE DIVINE GIFTS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH UPON ALL WHO MOURN HER PASSING.

I ADD THE EXPRESSION OF MY OWN PERSONAL SYMPATHY ON THIS SAD OCCASION AND ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO

SECRETARY OF STATE

VIS - Vatican Information Service
12. september 2003