The following is the telegram of condolence sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to Patriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M., of Lisbon, for the victims of the accident in Lisbon, Portugal:

Telegram

HIS EXCELLENCY AND REVEREND
DOM RUI MANUEL SOUSA VALÉRIO, S.M.M.
PATRIARCH OF LISBON

THE SUPREME PONTIFF, INFORMED OF THE SAD NEWS OF THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY IN LISBON, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERAL FATALITIES AND INJURIES, ASKS YOUR EXCELLENCY TO CONVEY HIS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILIES, AS WELL AS HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS. AT THE SAME TIME, HE IMPLORES HEAVEN FOR THE COMPLETE RECOVERY OF THE INJURED AND THE STRENGTH OF CHRISTIAN HOPE FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER. THE HOLY FATHER REMEMBERS WITH SPECIAL GRATITUDE THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED IN THE RESCUE OPERATIONS AND IMPARTS A COMFORTING APOSTOLIC BLESSING TO ALL, ESPECIALLY TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED.

PIETRO CARD. PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE