Catholic agency ‘will follow’ Lebanon’s displaced ‘wherever they settle’ after ceasefire December 3, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News The head of a Catholic humanitarian agency in Lebanon told OSV News the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to be intact, as he and his team vow to assist those displaced by the conflict “wherever they settle.”
Bishops’ plenary, Mass and cardinal’s visit focus on flood devastation, solidarity in Spain November 21, 2024By José Calderero de Aldecoa OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News The archbishop of Valencia presided over Mass celebrated by the Spanish bishops in the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid Nov. 19 to pray for all those affected by the tragic end-of-October floods in Valencia, Albacete and Cuenca, where over 200 people lost their lives.
Archbishop Pérez: Cubans are ‘suffering immense hardships’ and ‘need our help’ November 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News After back-to-back natural disasters in recent weeks, the Cuban people “are suffering immense hardships and … need our help,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia.
Caritas in Cuba brings ‘love and solidarity’ to victims of back-to-back earthquake, hurricane November 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Catholic aid workers in Cuba are responding to back-to-back natural disasters on the island, after a hurricane and an earthquake struck the island within four days of each other.
After hurricanes comes the hard part for displaced Floridians November 12, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News With so many families lacking either home, renters or flood insurance, the slow business of finding temporary housing or rebuilding what was damaged after a storm requires time and usually an abundance of private and charitable resources.
Catholic nun among 10 killed in Indonesian volcano eruption November 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News At least 10 people, including a Catholic nun, have been killed in a volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s predominantly Catholic Flores Island.
Thousands of volunteers arrive to help with cleaning, other tasks after tragic flood in Spain November 4, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News As Spain mourns the death of over 200 victims of the biggest peacetime disaster in decades, volunteers poured into the country’s Valencia region to give a helping hand in cleaning up and to offer support to the devastated community.
King, bishops decry ‘devastation,’ send condolences after dozens die in Spain’s floods October 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News The archbishop of Valencia expressed “grave concern” and said Mass for those affected after at least 63 people are feared dead, and many more went missing amid torrential rains that caused massive flooding in southeastern Spain.
Catholic Charities USA launches Hurricane Milton relief fund October 10, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News As Hurricane Milton took aim at Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign.
Ahead of Hurricane Milton, St. Petersburg priest checks in with neighbors October 9, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News A St. Petersburg priest who is also president of the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors took time out Oct. 8 to check on his elderly neighbors before Hurricane Milton was expected to make landfall the next night in this Gulf Coast region.
Bishop Martin surveys Helene relief efforts in North Carolina October 7, 2024By OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, Giving, News, World News Helene — which made landfall in Florida late in the evening of Sept. 26 as a Category 4 Hurricane and was downgraded the next day — has been reported to be one of the deadliest storms in the U.S., with more than 215 people confirmed dead
Helene’s impact across broad swath of US South leaves resources stretched thin October 4, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Hurricane Helene’s broad impact across an entire swath of the U.S. South means resources will be stretched thin following the massive storm, according to Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami.
