The following is the telegram for the victims of the air crash in India, sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin:

Telegram

DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE TRAGEDY INVOLVING AN AIR INDIA AIRCRAFT NEAR AHMEDABAD, HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV SENDS HIS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, TOGETHER WITH THE ASSURANCE OF PRAYERS FOR ALL INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS. COMMENDING THE SOULS OF THE DECEASED TO THE MERCY OF THE ALMIGHTY, HIS HOLINESS INVOKES UPON ALL AFFECTED THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF HEALING AND PEACE.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE