Biskupi smútia za poľskými pútnikmi zabitými v Maďarsku po ceste do Medžugoriapreložené

Twelve Polish pilgrims died and 10 were seriously injured when their bus crashed in Hungary on Aug. 16. They were returning from a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ďalší zo zhruba 60 ľudí na palube utrpeli ľahké zranenia a začalo sa vyšetrovanie nehody.

The tragedy prompted immediate reactions from public figures, including condolences from Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar and his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk. The Polish prime minister sent a special aircraft to Hungary carrying representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and medical services to assist those affected. Poľský prezident Karol Nawrocki povedal, že sa modlí za „rodiny a blízkych obetí“.

Na nehodu zareagovali aj šéfovia poľskej a maďarskej biskupskej konferencie.

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gdańsk, president of the Polish Bishops' Conference, received the news “with great sadness” and prayed “for eternal life for the tragically deceased victims of the accident and for the recovery of the injured.”

Wojda sa modlil „k rodinám tých, ktorí zomreli, a tým...