Pope sends message for victims of explosion in Argentina
08 July 2013: Pope Francis has sent a message of condolences to Archbishop José Luis
Mollaghan of Rosario in Argentina following a deadly gas explosion which destroyed
a residential apartment block in the city on Tuesday. At least 10 people died in the
blast and another 60 were injured, while rescue teams continue to search for a dozen
people listed as missing. The Argentina government has declared two days of national
mourning for the victims in the country’s third largest city. In the message, sent
in the Pope’s name by the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, the Holy Father assures
all those affected by the tragedy of his prayers for the eternal repose of the souls
of the victims and his closeness to the bereaved and injured. Source: Sedoc