The following is the telegram of condolence sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to Archbishop Antony Colin Fisher, O.P., of Sydney, for the victims of the attack in Sydney, Australia:

Telegram

THE MOST REVEREND ANTHONY FISHER, OP

ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY

DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE HORRIFIC ATTACK THAT OCCURRED IN SYDNEY, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY GATHERED FOR A HANUKKAH CELEBRATION, HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV OFFERS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. WITH RENEWED HOPE THAT THOSE TEMPTED TO VIOLENCE WILL UNDERGO CONVERSION AND SEEK THE PATH OF PEACE AND SOLIDARITY, HIS HOLINESS PRAYS FOR THE HEALING OF THOSE STILL RECOVERING AS WELL AS CONSOLATION FOR THOSE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. COMMENDING THE DEAD TO THE LOVING MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD, THE HOLY FATHER INVOKES THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF PEACE AND STRENGTH UPON ALL AUSTRALIANS.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN

SECRETARY OF STATE