More than two weeks after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, the Catholic community led by Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux continues to gather resources and volunteers to help people of the parishes hardest ...
Pope Francis offered prayers to the victims and families affected by Hurricane Ida, which devastated the southern and northeastern United States. Pope Francis also offered prayers for countless refugees fleeing Afghanistan in the wake of the ...
A scattering of Hurricane Ida evacuees from storm-battered Louisiana to neighboring states across the south is presenting a familiar crisis for regional Catholic Charities agencies following Hurricane Ida's Aug. 29 landfall. "Our experience here is similar ...
Catholic Charities in and around the areas of Louisiana and Mississippi affected by Hurricane Ida -- one of the most powerful storms to hit the continental U.S. since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 -- are collecting ...
A day after Hurricane Ida ripped through New Orleans, Dr. Ansel Augustine, writes that while there is much uncertainty — with power out across the city and much of Louisiana — recovering from a severe ...
After the winds from Hurricane Ida peeled off the roof of the seven-story apartment building in Metairie, Louisiana, Aug. 29, St. Francis Xavier Church -- across the street from the apartment building -- was transformed ...
Despite curfews, lockdowns and COVID-19 travel restrictions, rebuilding of a Bahamas church destroyed in 2019's Hurricane Dorian is about to begin -- with a little help from U.S. Catholics. The category 5 Hurricane Dorian made a ...
Caritas, the church's charitable agency, was responding to Hurricane Eta, which hit Nicaragua Nov. 3 and threatened to provoke devastating flooding and destruction as it moved through Central America. Hurricane Eta made landfall on the Mosquito ...
Hurricane Delta deluged much of Louisiana with rain -- as much as 15 inches reported in some areas -- with damage tallies and estimates yet to be completed in the days following the storm's Oct. ...
A Catholic archdiocese and two dioceses in three states are assessing damage from what's being referred to as catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Sally. The Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, began preparing early and closed schools and ...
ICYMI: Even for a math whiz, life is not an equation to be solved; God is bigger than mathematics. OSV publisher Scott Richert takes comfort in the knowledge that God is not bound by numbers
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Why I count myself blessed
OSV publisher Scott P. Richert shares how, from an early age, he has been fascinated by numbers: “I add, s...
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ICYMI: What are the three theological virtues, and how can we better understand them in our lives? Writer Susan Erschen sees them as gems of the faith that need to be polished up in our lives
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Looking at the three theological virtues, the gems of the Faith
Faith, hope and love. These three theological virtues should be the very foundation of our spirituality. Yet, sadly,...
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