We have learnt the
tragic and shocking plane crash that took the lives of President Lech Kaczynski, the
First Lady, and many top officials of the Polish Republic with great sorrow.
On
behalf of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ethiopia and myself, I express to you
our condolences.
We sincerely express our deep union in prayer with the families
of the victims and with all the people of Poland who are mourning the death of their
beloved President, the First Lady and all the others on board.
We the Catholic
Bishops and the faithful entrust all those who died to the Lord’s mercy.
May
our Lord, through the maternal intercession of The Blessed Virgin Mary, welcome all
who died into his Kingdom of Peace and Light.
Yours Sincerely In Christ,
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Abune Berhaneyesus D. Souraphiel, C.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa
President
of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ethiopia