Pope’s condolences on the occasion of terroristic attack

(August 27,2011) Pope Benedict XVI expressed his sincere sympathy to the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan as also to the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, while expressing his consternation and grief at the terrorist attack that cost so many lives in Nigeria. At least 18 people were killed by a deadly attack on the UN headquarters in ABUJA. A car bomb ripped through the United Nations' building in the Nigerian capital on Friday; a rare attack on an international institution in a country wracked by local conflicts. The papal telegrams were signed by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The Pope appealed to those who have chosen death and violence to embrace the path of life and dialogue, assuring them of his fervent prayers.