The following is the telegram of condolence for the victims of the earthquake that struck Morocco, sent on behalf of the Holy Father Francis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin:

Telegram

HAVING LEARNED WITH SORROW OF THE EARTHQUAKE THAT VIOLENTLY STRUCK MOROCCO, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WISHES TO EXPRESS HIS PRAYERFUL COMMUNION IN THE FACE OF THIS NATURAL DISASTER. SADDENED BY THIS EVENT, THE POPE EXPRESSES HIS PROFOUND SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO ARE TOUCHED IN THEIR FLESH AND HEART BY THIS TRAGEDY: HE PRAYS FOR THE REPOSE OF THE DEAD, THE HEALING OF THE INJURED AND THE CONSOLATION OF THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR HOMES. THE HOLY FATHER PRAYS TO THE MOST HIGH TO SUPPORT MOROCCANS IN THIS TIME OF TRIAL AND OFFERS HIS ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND RESCUE SERVICES. HE WILLINGLY INVOKES DIVINE BLESSINGS ON ALL AS A TOKEN OF COMFORT.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE OF HIS HOLINESS