Telegram

HAVING BEEN INFORMED OF THE RECENT LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY TYPHOON MEGI, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WISHES TO EXPRESS HIS SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE SUFFERING IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM. HE ALSO OFFERS THE ASSURANCE OF PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, INJURED, AND DISPLACED AS WELL AS THOSE ENGAGED IN RECOVERY EFFORTS. AS A SIGN OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS, HIS HOLINESS WILLINGLY INVOKES UPON ALL THE FILIPINO PEOPLE GOD’S BLESSINGS OF STRENGTH AND PEACE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE