教皇为中国地震死难者祈祷：

    我请求你们和我一起，为所有那些罹难的人们进行虔诚祈祷，我在精神上与灾难的受难者在一起。我们请求上帝抚慰受难者苦难，愿上帝向所有需要迫切援助的人们赐予力量。

——教皇本笃十六世（Benedict XVI）

(南方周末据罗马教廷新闻办公室授权发布)

POPE EXPRESS HIS CLOSENESS TO CHINESE EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

"I invite you to join me in fervent prayer for those who have lost their lives. I remain spiritually close to the people suffering from such a devastating calamity; and we implore God to grant them relief in their suffering". The Pope concluded his appeal by asking the Lord "to give support to all those involved in meeting the immediate needs" of the victims.

（南方周末5月22日33版）