French Phrases For Sympathy Can Someone Please Give Me Some Useful French Phrases?

Can someone please give me some useful french phrases? - french phrases for sympathy

I have an oral dose, on Friday and I must explain the newspaper article. Can someone me a few sentences in French about an article in general, as the author is a good starting point here talking, "he said, the article focuses mainly on the issue ....
Thank you.
Danielle.