Archbishop says Nigeria must promote policies to limit damage from floods
Nigeria’s bishops urged the federal government to come up with a plan to fight flooding that affects Nigerians each year.
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by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Flooding, floods, Natural disasters, News, Nigeria, Nigerian bishops | 0 |
Nigeria’s bishops urged the federal government to come up with a plan to fight flooding that affects Nigerians each year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Flooding, floods, Ghana, News | 0 |
The Archdiocese of Accra is appealing for support for Ghanaians affected by floods in the southern part of the city after heavy rains caused spillage from the Weija dam.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | Catholic missionaries, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Flooding, floods, Natural disasters, News, Pakistan | 0 |
An Irish missionary priest in Pakistan said the “sheer scale” of the flooding disaster is “hard to comprehend” and “the misery of people, camped on the side of the road with their meager belongings, is heart-breaking to see.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Caritas, Church in Asia, Flooding, floods, lead, Natural disasters, News, Pakistan | 0 |
Catholic leaders in Pakistan are working to help people affected by devastating floods that have displaced over 7 million people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Flooding, floods, Natural disasters, News, Pakistan | 0 |
Three bishops of Pakistan dioceses most affected by recent deadly monsoon flooding appealed for more funding for emergency food, repairing damaged homes and providing medical needs for the worst-hit victims in their provinces.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 2, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Asia, Flooding, floods, Natural disasters, News, Pakistan | 0 |
The initial aid from Catholic Relief Services in response to the devastating floods in Pakistan has gotten to families that need it most.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 29, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Flooding, floods, Natural disasters, News, Pakistan | 0 |
Bishop Samson Shukardin has called for help for thousands affected by floods that have devastated his diocese and many other areas of Pakistan.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 11, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, floods, Louisville, News | 0 |
Mother of Good Counsel Church in Hazard, Kentucky, tolled its bell as Mass ended Aug. 7, while parishioners named a litany of communities devastated by deadly flooding at the end of July. The Mass began with a candle lighting in memory of the 37 confirmed deaths when floodwaters swept away […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 30, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, diocese of Lexington, floods, Kentucky, News | 0 |
Lori Helfrich, the parish life director at Mother of Good Counsel Church in Hazard County, Kentucky, had just come from volunteering at the food pantry that her parish helps support.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 17, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Caritas, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Flooding, floods, lead, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
Heavy rains have left 376 cities in Brazil’s Minas Gerais State in a state of emergency. More than 35,000 people have been displaced and at least 25 people lave died as a result of flooding.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2021 | African bishops, Caritas Internationalis, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, floods, News, South Sudan, United Nations | 0 |
Forty-year-old Chol Garang and his wife Anok Deng, 33, sit on a woven mat outside their new home in Malakal, South Sudan’s second largest city, waiting for rice donated by the church to cook for their children.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, diocese of Nashville, floods, Natural disasters, News, Tennessee | 0 |
At least 19 people died from the flooding that washed through Humphreys County, Tennessee, Aug. 21, after up to 18 inches of rain fell in the area in less than 24 hours,
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