Durante il volo che da Roma lo ha portato oggi in Messico, nel sorvolare la Francia, il Regno Unito, l’Irlanda, la Groenlandia (territorio danese), il Canada e gli Stati Uniti d’America, il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha fatto pervenire ai rispettivi Capi di Stato i seguenti messaggi telegrafici:SON EXCELLENCE MONSIEUR NICOLAS SARKOZY
PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
PARIS
ME RENDANT EN VOYAGE APOSTOLIQUE AU MEXIQUE ET À CUBA, LE SURVOL DE LA FRANCE ME DONNE L’HEUREUSE OCCASION DE SALUER VOTRE EXCELLENCE ET L’ENSEMBLE DE VOS COMPATRIOTES. QUE DIEU BÉNISSE LA FRANCE ET DONNE À TOUS SES HABITANTS PROSPÉRITÉ ET BONHEUR !
BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
LONDON
AS MY JOURNEY TO MEXICO AND CUBA TAKES ME OVER THE UNITED KINGDOM I AVAIL MYSELF OF THE OCCASION TO SEND CORDIAL GREETINGS TO YOUR MAJESTY AND TO ASSURE YOU AND ALL THE BRITISH PEOPLE OF A SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE IN MY PRAYERS.
BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
[00392-02.01] [Original text: English]
HIS EXCELLENCY MICHAEL HIGGINS
PRESIDENT OF IRELAND
DUBLIN
AS I PASS OVER IRELAND ON MY WAY TO MEXICO AND CUBA I GREET YOUR EXCELLENCY AND ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND UPON WHOM I INVOKE GOD’S BLESSINGS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
HER MAJESTY MARGRETHE II
QUEEN OF DENMARK
AMALIENBORG PALACE
COPENHAGEN
AS MY JOURNEY TO MEXICO AND CUBA TAKES ME OVER GREENLAND, I SEND CORDIAL GREETINGS TO YOUR MAJESTY AND I ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES FOR THE PEOPLES OF YOUR REALM.
BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
HIS EXCELLENCY
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAVID JOHNSTON
GOVERNOR GENERAL
OTTAWA
AS I TRAVEL OVER CANADA TO MEXICO AND CUBA, I AM PLEASED TO GREET YOUR EXCELLENCY AND TO ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES FOR YOU AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
THE HONORABLE BARACK OBAMA
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON
AS I PASS OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON MY JOURNEY TO MEXICO AND CUBA I OFFER YOU GREETINGS AND THE ASSURANCE OF MY PRAYERS THAT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL GRANT PROSPERITY AND EVERY BLESSING TO ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
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