TELEGRAM ON THE DERAILMENT OF A TRAIN IN ITALY

VATICAN CITY, JUL 22, 2002 (VIS) - Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State, sent a telegram in the Pope's name to Archbishop Giovanni Marra of Messina-Lipari-St. Lucia del Mela, Italy, on the derailment of a train on Saturday night that traveled the Palermo-Venice route and which caused deaths and injuries.

"The Holy Father, profoundly saddened by the news of the serious train accident which took place on Saturday night and caused many deaths and injuries, assures you of his spiritual closeness, entrusts all those who have died in such a tragic way to the mercy of God, and invokes celestial consolation for their families, so severely affected, while he sends a special and consoling apostolic blessing with all his heart."

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