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Vietnam braces for Typhoon Noru as Caritas appeals for aid in Philippines
… said the parish also offered food, bottled water and blankets to evacuees whose houses were flooded by heavy downpours before the typhoon made landfall. Anna Truong Thi Tuoi, who lives … house, said volunteers used a boat to move her to the church. Her house has been engulfed in flood water from a nearby river. "I feel safe here as I am scared stiff of storms that can cause …
'Heart-breaking': Irish priest says Pakistan flooding still critical
… … Catholic News Service … An Irish missionary priest in Pakistan said the "sheer scale" of the flooding disaster is "hard to comprehend" and "the misery of people, camped on the side of the … and Balochistan provinces, in the south and southwest, have been the worst-affected by the floods. The country experienced nearly 190% more rain than the 30-year average in this year's … out on a lake as far as the eye can see," he said in late September. The area along the flood plain of the Indus River was badly affected. "About 2 million acres of cultivated crops …
Still recovering from Maria, Puerto Rico's Catholics assess Fiona's blow to church buildings
… is that there will be three or four heavily affected dioceses," he said, pointing to heavy flooding in the dioceses of Mayagüez, Ponce and Caguas. The more than 1,000 church buildings …
San Juan archbishop struggles with slow communications following Fiona
… for a very long time." The hurricane touched down in Puerto Rico Sept. 18, causing massive flooding, wind damage, power outages and the shutdown of water service across a large part of the …
Pope calls for increased assistance to those hit by Hurricane Fiona
… Fiona, the telegrams said. The hurricane touched down in Puerto Rico Sept. 18, causing massive flooding, wind damage, power outages and the shutdown of water service across a large part of the …
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Riches are not our own
… steward knew that the tenant farmers' debts would probably never be paid in full. A drought, floods, a plague of insects and other all-too-normal catastrophes regularly ruined sharecroppers' …
Pakistani bishops say they need more help after deadly flooding
… News Service … Three bishops of Pakistan dioceses most affected by recent deadly monsoon flooding appealed for more funding for emergency food, repairing damaged homes and providing … the worst-hit victims in their provinces. The South Asian country has been hit hard by record floods caused by monsoon rains and glacial melting since the rainy season started this summer. … main roads connecting to major provinces and cities such as Punjab and Karachi have been flooded and bridges broken. He said four churches in his southwest vicariate, previously not as …
Catholic Charities sets up water distribution in response to Miss. flooding
… disaster response team is assisting displaced families as a result of the Pearl River flooding and it is coordinating with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to become a … and a swift response to get water flowing back into all Jackson homes and businesses." Flooding of the Pearl River is just the latest in a long string of water-related woes in Jackson. …
Quake-hit Mexico church with iconic Virgin image gets rehab
… Catholic temple, which houses the treasured Virgin considered miraculous for having survived floods and earthquakes. He exhorted parishioners to support the church as the restoration … belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, ascended into heaven, body and soul. "In the midst of the floods, with all the evil they caused," Berruecos wrote, "against that background of darkness and …
Evangelical group releases climate change report, urges a biblical mandate for action
… in a Facebook post and compared it to biblical instances of extreme weather — such as the flood in Genesis or the years of famine and drought in Egypt — that are depicted as acts of God. …