Pope Francis ‘Deeply Saddened,’ Expresses Closeness With Victims of Taiwan Earthquake
According to Taiwan’s National Fire Agency, the death toll has now risen to 10, while the number of injured persons has surpassed 1,000.
According to Taiwan’s National Fire Agency, the death toll has now risen to 10, while the number of injured persons has surpassed 1,000.
Cardinal López Romero gave a Sept. 11 interview to Caritas International and released a statement calling for prayers and solidarity with those affected by the earthquake.
Pope Francis has offered the country his ‘prayerful communion in the face of this natural disaster.’
The sanctions have affected rebuilding after more than a decade of civil war and have hampered humanitarian work in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the region on Feb. 6, along with its multiple aftershocks.
This was one of the most intense of the thousands of aftershocks that have followed the Feb. 6 earthquake, which to date has claimed more than 47,000 lives and more than 122,000 injuries in the border region.
More than 400 people are dead and almost 7,000 injured, as the Holy Father extends condolences and sorrow.
Aid will be offered at the Catholic Church’s clinics and hospitals.
The terrible tremor has killed more than 200 people. Francis prayed that Our Lady of Guadalupe would to be ‘close to the beloved Mexican nation.’
Sister Clare Crockett, an Irish religious sister, has a beautiful vocation story, according to EWTN. Sister Clare was the voice of “Lucy” on the long-running EWTN children’s television series Hi Lucy.
The Holy Father sent his condolences to those affected by a deadly earthquake that struck the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan on Saturday.
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