The following is the telegram of condolence sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV by His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, to Archbishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.C.M., of Cartagena and president of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, for the victims of the earthquake in Colombia:

Telegram

ARCHBISHOP FRANCISCO JAVIER MÚNERA CORREA, I.C.M.
OF CARTAGENA AND
PRESIDENT OF THE COLOMBIAN EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE

THE HOLY FATHER, DEEPLY SADDENED UPON LEARNING OF THE TRAGIC NEWS OF THE EARTHQUAKE THAT HAS SEVERELY AFFECTED SEVERAL AREAS OF COLOMBIA, CAUSING LOSS OF LIFE AND NUMEROUS INJURIES, AS WELL AS SERIOUS MATERIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING TO MANY CHURCHES, OFFERS HIS PRAYERS FOR THE ETERNAL REST OF THE DECEASED AND RAISES TO THE LORD HIS PRAYERS FOR THE SPEEDY RECOVERY OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY.

FURTHERMORE, YOUR EXCELLENCY IS ASKED TO CONVEY THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV’S HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES WHO, IN THIS TIME OF DEEP SORROW, MOURN THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVE ONES. LIKEWISE, HE ASSURES THEM OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS AND EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE WHO, WITH GENEROUS DEDICATION, ARE ENGAGED IN THE SEARCH, RESCUE AND ASSISTANCE OF THOSE AFFECTED. AT THE SAME TIME, BY THE INTERCESSION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, HE ASKS THE LORD TO BESTOW THE GIFTS OF SPIRITUAL FORTITUDE AND CHRISTIAN HOPE UPON THE DEAR COLOMBIAN PEOPLE, AND CORDIALLY IMPARTS HIS APOSTOLIC BLESSING TO THEM.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE