https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/12/15/251215e.html
THE MOST REVEREND ANTHONY FISHER, OP
ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY
DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE HORRIFIC ATTACK THAT OCCURRED IN SYDNEY, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY GATHERED FOR A HANUKKAH CELEBRATION, HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV OFFERS THE ASSURANCE OF HIS SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS TO ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. WITH RENEWED HOPE THAT THOSE TEMPTED TO VIOLENCE WILL UNDERGO CONVERSION AND SEEK THE PATH OF PEACE AND SOLIDARITY, HIS HOLINESS PRAYS FOR THE HEALING OF THOSE STILL RECOVERING AS WELL AS CONSOLATION FOR THOSE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. COMMENDING THE DEAD TO THE LOVING MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD, THE HOLY FATHER INVOKES THE DIVINE BLESSINGS OF PEACE AND STRENGTH UPON ALL AUSTRALIANS.
CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE
