The following is the telegram of condolence for the victims of the heavy floods in Libya, sent on behalf of the Holy Father Francis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to the apostolic nuncio in Libya, Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai:

Telegram

THE MOST REVEREND

SAVIO HON TAI-FAI

APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO LIBYA

RABAT

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE FLOODING IN THE EASTERN PART OF LIBYA, AND HE SENDS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS PRAYERS FOR THE SOULS OF THE DECEASED AND ALL WHO MOURN THEIR LOSS. HIS HOLINESS ALSO EXPRESSES HEARTFELT SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO THE INJURED, TO THOSE WHO FEAR FOR THEIR MISSING LOVED ONES, AND TO THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PROVIDING RESCUE AND RELIEF ASSISTANCE. UPON ALL AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY, POPE FRANCIS WILLINGLY INVOKES THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION, STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE