TELEGRAMS FOR TERRORIST ATTACK IN SPAIN AND ACCIDENT IN ITALY

VATICAN CITY, OCT 31, 2000 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano sent a telegram in the Pope's name to Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, for yesterday's terrorist attack in Madrid which left three people dead and many others injured.

The Pope writes to "express once more his vigorous condemnation for all acts of terrorism that, having no possible justification, harm the peaceful coexistence of citizens and offend the Creator, those who suffer the attacks and (the human dignity of) those who commit them."

Following the crash of a helicopter carrying eight Italian Carabinieri into the sea near Livorno, Italy, which killed all aboard, Cardinal Sodano sent a telegram, also in the Pope's name, to Archbishop Giuseppe Mani, Italian military ordinary. In the telegram the Pope asks Archbishop Mani to pass on his condolences to the friends and families of the victims.

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