The Caribbean bishops are calling for dialogue, cooperation and calm amid rising geopolitical tensions that have seen a U.S. military buildup in the region.
Hurricane/Typhoon
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As people in the Philippines mourned the loss of more than 200 people and massive damage from a typhoon in early November, Pope Leo XIV offered his prayers.
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Catholic faithful in Jamaica are responding with “a lot of prayer” as the island nation is battered by what analysts say may be its worst hurricane on record.
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“I was bewildered by the massiveness of the devastation [of Hurricane Katrina]…The only place I could go to was the Lord.”
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — After back-to-back natural disasters in recent weeks, the Cuban people “are suffering immense hardships and … need our help,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia. …
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (OSV News) — The 2024 hurricane season is nearly over and the media have largely moved on from the story. But many displaced families will continue …
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(OSV News) — As Hurricane Milton took aim at Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign. CCUSA — the official domestic …
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In western North Carolina, parishes and schools respond to Helene devastation with supply drives, donations
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsCHARLOTTE (OSV News) — Late Sept. 27 night, as the first photos and cries for help emerged after Tropical Storm Helene ripped through the North Carolina mountains, Father John Putnam …
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Relief efforts underway in western North Carolina; flooding caused by Helene devastates region
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsCHARLOTTE, N.C. (OSV News) — Relief efforts are under way to help communities across western North Carolina reeling from the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene. Unprecedented flooding from the storm …
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Last week most of the OSV News team was at the National Eucharistic Congress: The general consensus I’ve heard from them is that it was a powerful, life-changing event and …
