Pope Francis expressed his closeness to those affected by the “catastrophe” from DANA, which cost the lives of more than 100 people.
The pontiff sent the video to the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Argüello. “Monsignor Luis Argüello, dear brother, I want to express my closeness to the inhabitants of Valencia, that you send it to them from Valladolid,” he said in the message made public by the Spanish Episcopal Conference on social networks.
“I am close to them in this moment of disaster“, declared the Pope, who also assured that he prayed “for them”. “May God bless them all”, he added.
This morning, search work for missing people in the affected area resumed, work in which around a thousand soldiers from the Military Emergency Unit are participating.
This Tuesday, Luis Argüello and the Secretary General of the EEC, Francisco César García Magán, transferred his “proximity and his prayer” to everyone affected by DANA. In a letter addressed to the Archbishop of Valencia, Enrique Benavent, and in another writing to the diocesan administrator of Albacete, Julián Ros, they made public “their pain at the difficult times they are experiencing in their dioceses” due to the intense rain.
“On behalf of all the bishops, we send you our sincere condolences for the human losses, as well as our closeness and our prayer for all those who suffer the material or physical damage caused by this type of catastrophic situation,” they detailed in the press release. letter published on the EEC website.
