Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, has arrived to Lima to express the solidarity that Pope Benedict XVI extends to the thousands of victims that suffered through the magnitude-8 earthquake which struck Peru on August 8.Tarcisio Bertone has also come to personally preside the IX National Eucharist Congress.
The Prelate was received at Jorge Chavez International by Peru's Premier - Jorge del Castillo, Bishop of Chimbote - Monsignor Luis Bambarén and other authorities of the Peruvian Catholic Church.
Upon his arrival, the Secretary of State told press that the message the Pope sends to the thousands of victims of the devastating earthquake is to "have trust and hope" because there have been many signs of solidarity with Peru's people.
Bertone announced that he would be traveling to Ica and Pisco, the provinces most affected by the earthquake, on Friday.
He stated that in these areas, a new hope of moral and material reconstruction needed to be founded.
It has also been planned for the Vatican Secretary of State to meet with Peru's President Alan Garcia at the Government Palace on Friday, where he will be recognized with the "Orden del Sol".
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