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Members of Libyan Red Crescent Ajdabiya work in an area affected by flooding in Derna Sept. 12, 2023. On Sept. 13, the authorities estimated that over 5,100 people had died and 10,000 were reportedly missing. (OSV News photo/Libyan Red Crescent Ajdabiya via Reuters)

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Libya flooding: 'We're keeping all in God's mercy,' says bishop as more than 5,000 dead

Fredrick Nzwili|Sep 13, 2023|4 Min Read

People stand in a damaged road as a powerful storm and heavy rainfall flooded hit Shahhat city, Libya, Sept. 11, 2023. At least 2,000 people have died and 10,000 are believed missing after Storm Daniel dumped so much rain on Libya’s northeast that two dams collapsed sending water flowing into already inundated areas. (OSV News/Omar Jarhman, Reuters)

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Floods in Libya reportedly kill up to 10,000; pope ‘deeply saddened'

Daniel Payne|Sep 12, 2023|2 Min Read

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican July 10, 2022. In his remarks the pope said the parable of the good Samaritan is a call for Christians to "have compassion on those whom we encounter along the way, above all on those who suffer and are in need." (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis implores leaders of Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of the people

Hannah Brockhaus|Jul 10, 2022|3 Min Read

A still image taken from a video shows migrants at sea waiting to be rescued by Spanish search-and-rescue ship Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea Nov. 11, 2020. (CNS photo/Open Arms handout via Reuters)

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Migration a hot topic for Italy’s bishops as more bodies wash up in Libya

Elise Ann Allen|May 26, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks in a video message released Feb. 15, 2021, to mark the "Day of Contemporary Martyrs." In the message, the pope honored the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded on a beach in Libya by members of the Islamic State Feb. 15, 2015. (CNS photo/Holy See Press Office)

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Pope marks anniversary of Christians martyred in Libya

Junno Arocho Esteves|Feb 16, 2021|2 Min Read

A still image taken from a video shows migrants at sea waiting to be rescued by Spanish search-and-rescue ship Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea Nov. 11, 2020. (CNS photo/Open Arms handout via Reuters)

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U.N. calls for governments to act after shipwreck kills 74 migrants

Junno Arocho Esteves|Nov 13, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis prays in St. Peter's Basilica on June 14, 2020. (Vatican Media/CNA)

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Pope Francis appeals for peace in Libya after discovery of mass graves

Courtney Mares|Jun 14, 2020|3 Min Read

A helper from Doctors Without Borders holds a Nigerian child as a migrant ship arrives at a Sicilian port May 14

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After deadly shipwreck, Pope Francis appeals for safety of migrants

Courtney Mares|Jul 28, 2019|3 Min Read

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