Dakar, 10 January, 2023 / 9:45 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has condoled with victims of the tragic road accident in Senegal that reportedly killed at least 40 people and injured dozens more on Sunday, January 8.
The accident that involved two buses happened at around 0330 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in Gnivy village, in the Kaffrine region, in the West African nation.
In his Tuesday, January 10 telegram message addressed to President Macky Sall on behalf of the Holy Father, the Vatican Secretary of State says that Pope Francis “wishes to express his closeness and concern for the injured.”
“Having learned of the tragic road accident that occurred in Kaffrine on Saturday night, which claimed many lives, his holiness Pope Francis joins in the mourning of the families and of the entire nation,” says Pietro Cardinal Parolin.
Cardinal Parolin adds that Pope Francis “prays that God will welcome the deceased into his peace and light and asks him to bring comfort and hope to all those affected by this tragedy.”