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日本人少女にローマ法王回答 伊のテレビ番組で
２２日、国営イタリア放送協会の番組でローマ法王（左）に質問するエレナさん（共同）
【ローマ共同】ローマ法王ベネディクト１６世は２２日に放送された国営イタリア放送協会（ＲＡＩ）のカトリック教徒向けのテレビ番組で、東日本大震災に関する千葉市の７歳の少女の「なぜ子どもたちがこんなに悲しまなければならないのですか」という質問に、「答えはないかもしれませんが、大切なのは神があなた方のそばにいるということです」と答えた。
法王がテレビで一般の視聴者からの質問に答えるという初の試み。多数の応募の中から７人の質問者が選ばれ、そのうちの１人が日本人の少女だった。関係者によると、千葉市美浜区在住の松木エレナさん。父親がイタリア人で母親が日本人という。
エレナさんはビデオレターの中で「私は日本人で７歳です。私はとても怖い思いをしています。大丈夫だと思っていた家がとても揺れ、同じ年頃の子どもがたくさん亡くなったり、外の公園に遊びに行けないからです。なぜこんなに悲しいことになるのか、神様とお話ができるポープ（英語で法王の意）、教えてください」と日本語で質問した。
法王は「私も同じように『なぜ』と自問しています。いつの日かその理由が分かり、神があなたを愛し、そばにいることを知るでしょう。私たちは苦しんでいる全ての日本の子どもたちと共にあり、祈ります」などとイタリア語で回答した。
Q. Holy Father, I want to thank you for your presence here, which fills us with joy and helps us remember that today is the day in which Jesus showed His love in the most radical way, that is, by dying on the cross as an innocent. It is precisely on this theme of innocent sorrow that is the first question that comes from a seven-year-old Japanese child who says: "My name is Elena. I am Japanese and I am seven years old. I am very frightened because the house where I felt safe really shook a lot and many children my age have died. I cannot go to play at the park. I want to know: why do I have to be so afraid? Why do children have to be so sad? I'm asking the Pope, who speaks with God, to explain it to me".
A. Dear Elena, I send you my heartfelt greetings. I also have the same questions: why is it this way? Why do you have to suffer so much while others live in ease? And we do not have the answers but we know that Jesus suffered as you do, an innocent, and that the true God who is revealed in Jesus is by your side. This seems very important to me, even if we do not have answers, even if we are still sad; God is by your side and you can be certain that this will help you. One day we will even understand why it was so. At this moment it seems important to me that you know "God loves me" even if it seems like He doesn't know me. No, He loves me, He is by my side, and you can be sure that in the world, in the universe, there are many who are with you, thinking of you, doing what they can for you, to help you. And be aware that, one day, I will understand that this suffering was not empty, it wasn't in vain, but behind it was a good plan, a plan of love. It is not chance. Be assured, we are with you, with all the Japanese children who are suffering. We want to help you with our prayers, with our actions, and you can be sure that God will help you. In this sense we pray together so that light may come to you as soon as possible.
Transcript of papal Q&A on Italian TV
