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Helpers at Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission prepare to distribute air purifiers, food, and more during the Boyle Heights warehouse fire. (Proyecto Pastoral)

Catholic groups organize to help those affected by Boyle Heights warehouse fire

Mike Cisneros|Jun 28, 2026|4 Min Read

Damage caused by an April 11, 2026, fire at the Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra, California. (Courtesy of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles via EWTN)

Carmelite sisters ask for support after fire at Alhambra retreat house

Tyler Arnold|Apr 17, 2026|3 Min Read

People embrace each other at a makeshift memorial for the victims outside Le Constellation bar in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland Jan. 2, 2026, after a fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party. Around 40 people were killed and 115 others injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through the bar at the Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight, police said. (OSV News photo/Stephanie Lecocq, Reuters)

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Pope Leo mourns tragic New Year fire in ski resort bar; 40 presumed dead

OSV News|Jan 2, 2026|3 Min Read

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Catholic leaders express sorrow, outrage over migrants killed in fire in Mexico

David Agren|Mar 29, 2023|3 Min Read

A woman reacts during the funeral of victims who died in the fire that broke out at the Martyr Abu Sefein Orthodox Church. The funeral was at the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Warraq Al Arab district in Giza Governorate, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2022. (CNS photo/Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Reuters)

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Pope 'deeply saddened' by Orthodox church fire

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 19, 2022|1 Min Read

Employees start renovation work and picking up debris at Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox Church in Imbaba, Egypt, Aug. 15, 2022, after a deadly electrical fire broke out during Sunday Mass the previous day. (CNS photo/Hanaa Habib, Reuters)

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Catholics express sorrow, offer prayers after Orthodox church fire in Egypt

Fredrick Nzwili|Aug 16, 2022|2 Min Read

Smoke and fire billow over a large oil storage facility that exploded near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas Aug. 8, 2022. The deadly fire is threatening to plunge the island into a deeper energy crisis as it forced officials to shut down a key thermoelectric plant. (CNS photo/Alexandre Meneghini, Reuters)

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Cuban bishop asks for prayers as major fire spreads at oil facility

Rhina Guidos|Aug 9, 2022|2 Min Read

Firefighters in the Bronx borough of New York City provide medical aid as they respond to an apartment building fire Jan. 9, 2022. Pope Francis sent his condolences to families of the 19 people killed in the fire. (CNS photo/Lloyd Mitchell, Reuters)

Pope, cardinal offer condolences to victims of Bronx fire that killed 17

Mark Pattison|Jan 10, 2022|2 Min Read

People inspect the damage after a fire broke out at al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021. Pope Francis offered his prayers and condolences after the fire at in the hospital's COVID-19 ward left at least 64 people dead. (CNS photo/Khalid Al-Mousily, Reuters)

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Pope Francis prays for more than 60 people killed in Iraq COVID ward fire

Catholic News Agency|Jul 13, 2021|2 Min Read

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