The following is the telegram of condolence for the victims of the road accident that occurred yesterday in Panama, sent on behalf of the Holy Father Francis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to His Eminence Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, bishop of David, Panama:

Telegram

HIS EMINENCE

CARDINAL JOSÉ LUIS LACUNZA MAESTROJUÁN, O.A.R.

BISHOP OF DAVID, PANAMA

THE HOLY FATHER HAS RECEIVED WITH DEEP SADNESS THE NEWS OF THE BUS ACCIDENT IN THE AREA OF GUALACA, IN WHICH SEVERAL MIGRANTS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND OTHERS WERE INJURED. HIS HOLINESS FRANCISCO JOINS IN THE GRIEF OF THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED AND PRAYS FOR THE SPEEDY RECOVERY OF THE INJURED, WHILE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IMPARTING THE COMFORTING APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A SIGN OF HOPE IN THE RISEN LORD.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE