ACAPULCO, Mexico (OSV News) -- Mexico's bishops expressed "closeness" with the affected populations and urged generosity after a monster Category 5 hurricane tore through Acapulco, leaving 27 dead and four people disappeared. Cáritas México, meanwhile, mobilized a response to Hurricane Otis, which
Pope prays for Indian train crash victims during Angelus; Indian officials lower death toll to at least 275
Government authorities June 4 were working to get rail services back in operation in the district of Balasore after the deadliest train crash in India in decades killed 275 people and injured at least 1,000 June 2.
Human traffickers must be stopped from risking the lives of migrants traveling in search of a better future, Pope Francis said.
After praying the Angelus with some 25,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square March 5, the pope prayed for the victims of
An Ohio Catholic priest told OSV News "it will be a long time" before he and his parishioners feel secure in their surroundings, following a train derailment that dumped toxic chemicals into the environment.
"I'm just hoping this is not going to be
After spending time at Surfside's informal Wall of Remembrance memorial for the victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse, Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski told CBS4 Miami July 2, "It's quite shocking to see."
He made the comments during his visit to the
It is an understatement to say the people and staff of St. Joseph Parish will be living the crisis of the Surfside condominium collapse in a most intimate way for some time to come.
No other Christian house of worship is so close