Pope sends condolences after deadly railway crash in
Italy
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
has sent a telegram of condolences to the local archbishop after Tuesday’s
deadly train collision in southern Italy.
At least 25 people were
killed and around 50 were wounded in the crash, some of them critically.
In Tuesday's telegram
addressed to Archbishop Francesco Cacucci of Bari-Bitonto, and signed by
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope expressed “his
warm and heartfelt participation in the suffering” of the families affected by
the tragedy.
The Pope assured them of his
“fervent prayer of intercession for those tragically killed and,” and prayed
for the “swift healing of the wounded.”
Finally, Pope Francis
bestowed his apostolic blessing, and entrusted all those affected by the
tragedy to the “Maternal protection of the Virgin Mary.”
The crash occurred at around
11:30 in Southern Italy’s Puglia region, tearing apart three carriages and
sending debris into the surrounding olive groves.
The two trains collided while
on the same track connecting the small towns of Corato and Andria.
There was no immediate
indication of the cause of the crash, but the government has promised a full
and swift investigation.
Tuesday’s incident is Italy’s
worst railway disaster in recent years.
The last major rail disaster
in Italy was in 2009 when a freight train derailed the central Italian town
Viareggio, killing more than 30 people living close to the tracks in the
subsequent fire.
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