The following is the telegram of condolence sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to Archbishop Luis Javier Argüello García of Valladolid, president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, for the victims of the train collision in Adamuz, Córdoba:

Telegram

ARCHBISHOP LUIS JAVIER ARGÜELLO GARCÍA
OF VALLADOLID
PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE

POPE LEO XIV, DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN THE TRAGIC NEWS OF THE TRAIN ACCIDENT IN ADAMUZ, CÓRDOBA, WHICH HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS CASUALTIES AND INJURIES, OFFERS HIS PRAYERS FOR THE ETERNAL REST OF THE DECEASED. HIS HOLINESS ALSO EXTENDS HIS SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DEPARTED, TOGETHER WITH HIS EXPRESSIONS OF CONDOLENCE, HEARTFELT SYMPATHY AND WISHES FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR THE INJURED. WHILE ENCOURAGING THE RESCUE TEAMS TO PERSERVERE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE HELP AND ASSISTANCE, THE HOLY FATHER IMPARTS TO ALL, THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF OUR LADY OF EL PILAR, THE COMFORTING APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A SIGN OF HOPE IN THE RISEN LORD.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE