Catholic Review
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis has sent “a generous contribution” to Myanmar to help people impacted by a major earthquake in late March.
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OSV News
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Pope Francis prayed for the victims of a nightclub disaster in the Dominican Republic that claimed more than 200 lives and has provoked mourning across the Caribbean country.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News
Burmese Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay said that despite the suffering caused by the deadly earthquake, the people of Myanmar are clinging to hope in God’s mercy.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Uncategorized, World News
As the death toll following the massive earthquake in Myanmar is expected to reach 3,000, humanitarian organizations in the region, like Catholic Relief Services, are working round the clock to get essential supplies to those in need.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News
People in Myanmar are in desperate need of humanitarian supplies and medical support as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked central Myanmar March 28 continues to rise.
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OSV News
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On March 28, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Mandalay-Sagaing region in southwestern Myanmar, causing multistory buildings to collapse and raising concerns about a significant death toll.
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OSV News
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Pope Francis offered prayers and expressed deep concern over the deadly wildfires in South Korea, which have claimed at least 28 lives and caused widespread damage.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Disaster Relief, Feature, Local News, News
In the year since the tragedy, Sacred Heart and the wider Catholic community have rallied to support the families and others affected by the accident.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, News, World News
Women religious from Africa and a representative of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., grappled with the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid during a March 13 panel hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18 percent of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will remain intact, and those will now fall under his purview at the State Department.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
According to a recent UCLA study, at least 35,000 jobs held by Latinos could be lost due to the wildfires. This is particularly true in Pacific Palisades, where Latinos make up only 7 percent of the residents, but hold 34 percent of the jobs.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News
Catholic agencies including Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and Jesuit Relief Service/USA are facing major setbacks in the wake of the Trump administration’s 90-day pause and review of federal funding to numerous nonprofit organizations providing domestic and overseas aid to migrants, refugees and people in need.
