The following is the telegram of condolences for the victims of the accident that occurred on Sunday involving the Stresa-Mottarone cable car, Italy, sent on behalf of the Holy Father Francis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to Bishop Giulio Brambilla of Novara:

Telegram

TO THE MOST REVEREND EXCELLENCY

BISHOP FRANCO GIULIO BRAMBILLA

OF NOVARA

THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS HAS LEARNED WITH GREAT SORROW OF THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE INVOLVING THE STRESA-MOTTARONE CABLE CAR, AND WISHES TO EXPRESS TO THE RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS HIS CLOSENESS AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCE. THINKING WITH COMPASSION OF SO MANY LIVES TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT WHILE IMMERSED IN THE WONDER OF CREATION, HE GIVES ASSURANCE OF HIS PRAYER FOR THE DECEASED, FOR THOSE WHO MOURN THEM, AND FOR LITTLE EITAN, WHOSE DELICATE SITUATION HE FOLLOWS WITH CONCERN. HIS HOLINESS PARTICIPATES IN A SPECIAL WAY WITH THE SUFFERING OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND OF THE DIOCESE OF NOVARA, AND HE EMBRACES THE BELOVED ITALIAN PEOPLE, SADDENED BY THIS GRAVE TRAGEDY. WHILE HE IMPLORES THE LORD TO CONSOLE THOSE WHO SUFFER, HE IMPARTS THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING TO THOSE WHO ARE IN PAIN.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE OF HIS HOLINESS