Pope’s condolences for victims of Colombia’s school bus fire
May 20, 2014 - Pope Francis expressed his pain over the death of 32 children from
a fire in an overcrowded school bus bringing them home from Sunday school in Fundacion
village in Northern Colombia. On behalf of the Pope, Vatican Secretary of State
Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent a telegram to local Bishop Ugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi
of Santa Marta, assuring the prayers of the Holy Father for the little victims of
this tragedy and his closeness with the families who have lost their children in
the tragedy. The Pope also remembered over 20 children who are wounded wishing they
will back on their feet soon. 
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