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
The rains unleashed floodwaters in the Cameroon capital Oct. 8. Several hours of rainfall caused the collapse of a century-old dam, releasing a wall of water that swept everything on its path downstream. Houses were flattened and trees uprooted.
"People were already sleeping
First, the COVID-19 pandemic forced families into isolation and homebound students into virtual classes. Then, as they regrouped and opened their doors for a new academic year, the raging Lahaina firestorm on the island of Maui left ruins of their historic Catholic
Catholic aid workers are rolling up their sleeves to help tens of thousands after Tropical Storm Idalia slammed into the nation's Southeast.
"I just feel horrible for residents, that they had to go through this," Matthew Knee, president and CEO of Catholic Charities
Students at a Catholic liberal arts college in California told OSV News that they're more ready than ever for the new school year, after weathering both a major storm and an earthquake on the same day.
On Aug. 20, tropical storm Hilary made
In an Aug. 11 letter addressed to "our Catholic Faithful in Hawaii and Beyond," Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva wrote, "As a community of faith, we are called to come together and provide unwavering support to those who are suffering. It is in
Catholics in Greece have called for lessons to be learned after a wave of fires devastated parts of the country amid highest summer temperatures for half a century.
"We still don't know how many church communities have been affected, as hotels burned and
The Catholic Church has dispatched aid materials to the hardest-hit regions of Myanmar after deadly Cyclone Mocha battered the southeast Asian country May 14.
The cyclone collapsed houses, brought down communications lines and destroyed poorly constructed camps of Rohingya people -- a Muslim
Catholics turn to prayer, action in wake of deadly tornadoes’ death and destruction across US
Catholics turned to prayer and then action in the wake of tornadoes that carved a deadly path of destruction through the United States March 31-April 2, killing at least 33, injuring dozens and devastating thousands of homes and businesses.
As of April 3,
At least one powerful tornado tore through rural Mississippi the night of Friday, March 24, killing or injuring dozens and causing widespread destruction.
By Saturday night, an update from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) reported the death toll had risen to 25