VATICAN CITY, MAY 26, 2002 (VIS) - Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, today sent two telegrams of condolences in the Pope's name for two accidents, one a train accident close to Maputo, Mozambique, the other a plane accident in the north of the Island of Penghu, Taiwan.
In the telegram addressed to Cardinal Alexandre Jose Maria dos Santos, archbishop of Maputo, John Paul II "entrusts the numerous victims to God, Father All-Merciful, asking that He welcome them into His peace." In the telegram addressed to the charge d'affaires "ad interim" in Taipei, Msgr. James Patrick Green, the Pope "commends the victims to the loving mercy of almighty God, and upon their grieving families and all those affected by this terrible disaster he invokes the divine blessings of strength and comfort."
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