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August 16, 2017

Pope prays for victims of 'devastating' mudslide in Sierra Leone

Residents and rescue workers search for survivors after a mudslide in Regent, Sierra Leone Aug. 14.

Pope Francis offered his condolences and his prayers to the people of Sierra Leone after flooding and a major mudslide Aug. 14 led to the deaths of hundreds of people and displaced thousands.

Published in Vatican
July 19, 2017

Sierra Leone bishops say citizen action for peace key to 2018 elections

Amputees of Sierra Leone's civil war play football in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in this 2006 file photo. Catholic bishops there called on citizens to refrain from actions to destabilize the West African nation and to come together before next year's elections.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Catholic bishops in Sierra Leone called on citizens to refrain from actions to destabilize the West African nation and to come together before next year's elections in the same spirit that helped end the country's civil war and overcome its Ebola epidemic.

Published in International
October 10, 2014

Ebola frontlines still in Africa, not U.S.

Church workers say hunger and panic are major problems in Liberia and Sierra Leone as neighbourhoods are sealed off in an effort to curb the spread of ebola.

As the ebola death toll in West Africa surpassed 3,300, North American media were reporting a single, isolated case in Dallas with minute-by-minute, 24-hour coverage. For the Caritas network the focus is on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone where fragile, underfunded health care systems are faced with daily deaths and new infections. 

Published in International
August 25, 2014

Panic, hunger spread among quarantined West Africans in Ebola areas

Liberian police in protective clothing control residents of Monrovia's West Point neighborhood waiting for food rations to be handed out Aug. 21. Church workers say hunger and panic are major problems in Liberia and Sierra Leone as neighborhoods are seal ed off in an effort to curb the spread of Ebola.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Hunger and panic are spreading among people unable to work because of restrictions aimed at containing the spread of Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone, say church workers in West Africa.

Published in International