Bishops say fellow Texans’ help for one another amid storm is ‘edifying’

The Catholic bishops of Texas have said that the generosity of their fellow Texans reaching out to help their neighbours, even while they are also managing their own needs during a historic winter storm, “is truly edifying.” “We are grateful for the outpouring of concern from around the world for all who have been affected... Read More

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September 23, 2020

Many still recovering from Hurricane Sally, as Tropical Storm Beta hits Texas

As Tropical Storm Beta made landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston, Texas, along the Gulf Coast the night of 21st September, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee prepared to dispatch its ‘Caring Coach’ to help those still recovering there from Hurricane Sally’s wrath unleashed on the Gulf Coast a week earlier. Sally made landfall early in the morning of 16th September... Read More

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September 2, 2020

Churches criticise protesters for storming steps of German parliament

Churches in Germany have criticised the attempt by demonstrators to “storm” the Reichstag building in Berlin, the seat of the Bundestag, or lower house of parliament. Bishop Georg Batzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, expressed his shock at the behaviour of participants in a recent demonstration against the government’s policies to contain the Covid-19... Read More

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April 17, 2020

US states face recovery following violent storms amid pandemic

A US bishop has said that his diocese “may have been spared greater disaster” because of Mary’s intercession when numerous tornadoes and widespread damaging winds ripped through Alabama and much of the South earlier this week. Bishop Robert J. Baker explained that the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, falls in the trajectory of what is referred... Read More

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September 28, 2018

North Carolina parishes still coping with Florence waters

In the days and weeks since Hurricane Florence made landfall in mid-September, North Carolina residents are still coping with the massive amounts of water from the storm and the subsequent flooding of the state’s rivers. Families have been displaced by these rising waters and 27 churches or parish facilities in the Raleigh Diocese have been... Read More

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September 18, 2018

Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence

The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall on 14th September. And although the storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a Category 1 tropical storm, it still caused extensive water damage. At least 24 people died in storm-related incidents, tens of thousands of... Read More

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October 21, 2016

Heavy damage makes assessment tough after Haima slams Philippines

Heavy damage was reported to homes and farmland in the northern Philippines on 20th October after the strongest storm in three years struck overnight. Typhoon Haima barreled into northern Cagayan and Isabella provinces, ripping the roofs off homes and flattening crops. Nearly every building in the city of Tuguegarao was damaged, Philippine media quoted officials... Read More

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August 18, 2016

Church praised for offering ‘Gospel hospitality’ as shelter during storm

Two weeks after historic flooding killed two and impacted many others in Ellicott City, the Archbishop of Baltimore offered a Mass at the church that served as a refuge during the storm. “Many of you volunteered to comfort and assist those most affected by the flooding,” Archbishop William E. Lori told parishioners during his homily... Read More

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