杏MAP导航 Francis prays for the victims of Cuba's plane crash
杏MAP导航 Francis has sent a telegramme of condolences for the victims of a plane crash in Cuba in which more than 100 people were killed.
In the message addressed to the Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Dionisio Guillermo Garcia Ibanez, the 杏MAP导航 said he is praying for the eternal repose of the dead.
Francis also expressed his closeness to the families of the victims 鈥渋n this hour of pain in which they are grieving for the unexpected separation from their loved ones鈥.
May the Lord, the 杏MAP导航 said in the telegramme signed by the Vatican Secretary of State on his behalf, give the families of the victims the 鈥渟piritual serenity of Christian hope鈥.
The Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Friday evening near Cuba鈥檚 main airport in Havana. It is the country鈥檚 worst air disaster in decades.
Cuban authorities have launched an investigation, and two days of national mourning have been declared.
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