The Latest: Pope prays for victims of Indonesia quake
Speaking to faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Thursday for a Catholic holiday, Francis said he wanted people to know he was praying for the victims, their loved ones and for those left homeless by the quake that struck Aceh province on the island of Sumatra.
The spokesman for Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says thousands of homes were damaged in Wednesday's earthquake and 11,000 people have been displaced.
Separately, an official in Pidie Jaya district near the quake's epicenter says search and rescue efforts have intensified with more excavators deployed in devastated areas.
A disaster agency official in Aceh says staple foods for women and babies are most urgently needed for the relief effort.
Sulaiman, from the Disaster Mitigation Agency, says medicines are sufficient for the time being because assistance is coming from the army, police, state-run companies and local governments.
The agency's national spokesman told a news conference in Jakarta that urgent needs are food and clothes, orthopedic doctors for victims suffering fractures, medical equipment, temporary shelters and heavy equipment for evacuation.
A spokesman for Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says the death toll from Wednesday's earthquake has risen to 102, spread across three districts in northern Aceh but concentrated in Pidie Jaya near the epicenter.