The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked bishops across the country to take up a voluntary collection to help Haiti recover from a recent pair of natural disasters. Saying that Haitians are ...
A Catholic priest expressed gratitude that parishioners are safe, but their iconic cathedral sustained damages from a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's western city of Izmir Oct. 30. The deadliest tremor to hit Turkey in nearly ...
As Haiti marks the 10-year anniversary of the 7.0 earthquake that killed as many as 300,000 people, Bania Ledix, project officer for Catholic Relief Services, recalls the horrifying experiences in the immediate aftermath of the ...
After a devastating earthquake killed as many as 300,000 people in Haiti on January 12, 2010, the Church has helped to lead the rebuilding effort in one of the poorest nations on earth. Despite the ...
At least one person has died and one Catholic Church was destroyed by the latest of a series of earthquakes to rock Puerto Rico. A magnitude 6.4 quake shook people awake at 4:24 a.m. local ...
Ten years ago, a seven point zero magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti. The Catholic Church and other organizations swiftly responded. Now, as Haiti endures a new crisis not highlighted in the media, the Our Sunday Visitor ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led prayers for the people of Albania after the country was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake. “I would like to send my greetings and my closeness to the ...
Bishop Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernardino asked for prayers for those who were put in harm's way by a pair of earthquakes that struck California on consecutive days in early July.
Myanmar’s military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations
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U.N. report: Myanmar junta 'committing systematic crimes against humanity'
Myanmar's military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the cou...
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Missio, one of Germany’s Pontifical Mission Societies, marked the third World Day Against Witch Hunts Aug. 10 by warning that the phenomenon is on the increase worldwide
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Witch hunts on the rise worldwide, warns German aid agency missio
Missio, one of Germany's Pontifical Mission Societies, marked the third World Day Against Witch Hunts Aug. 10 by w...
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