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A worker clears debris from a building in Oaxaca, Mexico, June 23, 2020, following an earthquake. The quake struck as COVID-19 cases are increasing and people are wary of going to the hospital. (CNS photo/Jorge Luis Plata, Reuters)

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Mexican bishops pledge to help southern Oaxaca after quake

David Agren|Jun 24, 2020|3 Min Read

A woman wearing a protective mask walks past damaged cars in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 31, 2020, after Tropical Storm Amanda swept through the area. (CNS photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)

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Unable to catch a break, Central America battles a pandemic and a storm

Rhina Guidos|Jun 3, 2020|3 Min Read

A man crosses a flooded street in Kolkata, India, May 21, 2020, after Cyclone Amphan made its landfall. Following the cyclone, incessant rain and floods have forced hundreds of thousands of people to move to safer places in eastern India's Assam state. (CNS photo/Rupak De Chowdhuri, Reuters)

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Rain, flooding compound problems for state in eastern India

Catholic News Service|May 28, 2020|2 Min Read

A masked woman in Kolkata, India, tries to protect her son from heavy rain as they rush to a safer place before Cyclone Amphan makes its landfall, May 20, 2020. (CNS photo/Rupak De Chowdhuri, Reuters)

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Team effort helped convince Indians, Bangladeshis to evacuate for cyclone

Bronwen Dachs|May 20, 2020|3 Min Read

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Locusts threaten East African food crisis, members of Congress call for aid

Catholic News Agency|May 13, 2020|2 Min Read

Archbishop Paul Coakley and Fr. Oby Zummas inspect damage at Holy Cross Catholic Church. (Diane Clay/Sooner Catholic)

Tornado devastates new Oklahoma Catholic Church, but Rother window unharmed

Mary Farrow|Apr 25, 2020|5 Min Read

Damaged buildings and vehicles in Monroe, La., are seen in the aftermath of a tornado April 12, 2020. The National Weather Service reported April 13 that more than 30 tornadoes ripped across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia. (CNS photo/Peter Tuberville, social media via Reuters)

Church leaders call for aid and prayers following deadly tornadoes, storms

Rhina Guidos|Apr 13, 2020|2 Min Read

People look over the damage to the Church of the Assumption following a tornado in Nashville, Tenn., March 3, 2020. At least two tornadoes tore through Middle Tennessee early March 3, killing at least nine people and cutting a swath of destruction that stretched through the city for miles. (CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register)

Nashville begins long recovery from devastating tornado

Catholic News Service|Mar 4, 2020|2 Min Read

A destroyed church is seen in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Jan. 7, 2020, after an earthquake struck the area two days earlier. Jose Lebron-Sanabria, a Knight of Columbus and a general insurance agent for the fraternal organization, is coordinating the Knights' assistance to Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)

Knights, N.Y. Archdiocese and others providing aid to quake victims

Catholic News Service|Jan 16, 2020|3 Min Read

A destroyed home is seen Jan. 8, 2020, following an earthquake in Guanica, Puerto Rico. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, offered "my prayerful solidarity" to the people of Puerto Rico after a series of earthquakes killed at least one person and destroyed one Catholic church. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)

Residents fear what may come next after quakes, archbishop says

Mark Pattison|Jan 13, 2020|4 Min Read

A destroyed home is seen after an earthquake in Guanica, Puerto Rico, Jan. 6, 2020. A larger temblor of magnitude 6.4 rattled Puerto Rico before dawn Jan. 7, killing at least one person and destroying a Catholic church. A series of earthquakes and aftershocks beneath the southern part of the island have been occurring since the night of Dec. 28-29. (CNS photo/Ricardo Ortiz, Reuters)

Puerto Rico reels under successive earthquakes; Catholic church damaged

Dennis Sadowski|Jan 7, 2020|4 Min Read

A displaced family gathers at an evacuation center in Manila, Philippines, Dec. 3, 2019, in the aftermath of Typhoon Kammuri. Kammuri left at least four people dead, and authorities estimated that about half a million people were displaced. (CNS photo/Ann Wang, Reuters)

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After typhoon, Philippine dioceses deploy teams to help displaced

Catholic News Service|Dec 4, 2019|2 Min Read

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