The following is the telegram of condolence for the victims of the violent attack in a shopping centre in Sydney, Australia, sent on behalf of the Holy Father Francis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., metropolitan of Sydney:

Telegram

THE MOST REVEREND ANTHONY FISHER
ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE VIOLENT ATTACK IN SYDNEY, AND HE SENDS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO ALL AFFECTED BY THIS SENSELESS TRAGEDY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NOW MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. HE LIKEWISE OFFERS HIS PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, THE INJURED, AS WELL AS THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AND INVOKES UPON THE NATION THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE