The following is the telegram of condolence sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XI by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin for the victims of the landslide in Darfur, Sudan:

Telegram

THE MOST REVEREND YUNAN TOMBE TRILLE KUKU ANDALI
BISHOP OF EL-OBEID

HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE LANDSLIDE IN THE VILLAGE OF TARASIN IN SUDAN’S CENTRAL DARFUR REGION, AND HE ASSURES EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS. PRAYING ESPECIALLY FOR THE ETERNAL REST OF THE DEAD, FOR THOSE WHO MOURN THEIR LOSS, AND FOR THE RESCUE OF THE MANY PERSONS STILL MISSING, HIS HOLINESS OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN THEIR ONGOING RELIEF EFFORTS. THE HOLY FATHER WILLINGLY INVOKES UPON THE NATION THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE