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

Telegram

HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY THE AIR FORCE JET CRASH IN DHAKA, INVOLVING STUDENTS OF MILESTONE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, AND HE ENTRUSTS THE DECEASED TO THE MERCIFUL LOVE OF THE ALMIGHTY. PRAYING THAT THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS MAY BE CONSOLED IN THEIR GRIEF, AND FOR THE HEALING AND COMFORT OF THE INJURED, THE HOLY FATHER INVOKES UPON THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND ALL AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF PEACE AND STRENGTH.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE