Pope prays for victims of Spanish fishing boat accident

According to The Vatican News, Pope Francis has expressed his heartfelt condolences, as well as his solidarity, to all those affected by the tragic sinking of a Spanish fishing trawler, hundreds of kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

In a telegram sent on his behalf by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and addressed to Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio of Santiago de Compostela, the Pope said he is grieved to hear of the sad news of the shipwreck of the Villa de Pitanxo fishing boat, which occurred on 15 February and in which several people lost their lives.

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