Amid disaster and division, Catholics across the world celebrated Christmas by lifting up their hope in Christ, finding renewed faith and joy even in profoundly challenging circumstances.
Jamaica
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Hurricane spares Kingston, Jamaica, from worst of its wrath so far, religious brother says
by Tom Tracyby Tom Tracy“We are grateful for the protection of God that (Kingston) didn’t get any heavy damage yet,” said a member of the Missionaries of the Poor.
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Jamaicans generally “are faith-based people,” so “I think many are relying on their faith to keep them strong in the face of the storm,” the bishop said.
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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.
