Pope Francis sends
condolences for plane crash in Algeria
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| At least 257 people dead in Algerian military plane crash.- ANSA |
A telegramme signed by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal
Pietro Parolin, on behalf of the Pope expresses his closeness to the Algerian
people after the nation's worst ever air disaster killed 257 people.
In the message addressed to the Archbishop of
Algiers, Paul Desfarges, the Pope said it was with great sadness that he
received the news of the plane crash on Wednesday in Algiers
and that he joins the people of Algeria in mourning.
257 people were killed when the Algerian
military plane came down just after taking off from an airport west of the
capital. An inquiry is under way into the cause of the crash - Algeria's
worst-ever air disaster. The government has declared three days of national
mourning.
In the telegramme the Pope said he is praying for all the
families of the victims and for all the people affected by this tragedy. He
asked the Lord to welcome those who have died into his peace and to comfort
those who are seriously wounded.
Francis also invoked divine assistance for those assisting
the injured, and finally called for the abundance of the gifts of the Spirit on
the Algerian Church and for consolation for the entire nation.
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