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Thursday, May 4, 2006

PAPAL CONDOLENCES FOR VICTIMS OF PLANE CRASH IN BLACK SEA


VATICAN CITY, MAY 4, 2006 (VIS) - Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state, has sent a telegram of condolences in the name of the Holy Father to Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, apostolic nuncio in Armenia, for the victims of the Armenia airline plane crash in the Black Sea, that took the lives of the 133 individuals onboard.

  "Upon learning of the recent plane catastrophe in the Black Sea, the Holy Father paid homage to the victims and invokes the mercy of the Lord upon them, asking Him to take them into His kingdom of peace. The pope has asked me to express his solidarity with, and assurances of his prayers for, the families of the lost, all those affected by this tragedy, the authorities and the Armenian people".
TGR/ARMENIAN PLANE DISASTER/GUGEROTTI        VIS 20060504 (140)


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