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May 6, 2019

Early evacuation in India spares more than 1 million from deadly cyclone

People walk past damaged trees May 4, 2019, following Cyclone Fani in Puri, India. The powerful cyclone ripped through eastern India and sideswiped Bangladesh, May 3, leaving a trail of destruction and more than 30 deaths.

NEW DELHI - A powerful cyclone ripped through eastern India and sideswiped Bangladesh, leaving a trail of destruction and more than 30 deaths.

Published in International
August 29, 2017

Texas parishioners shocked by devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey

A woman uses a coat hanger to try and retrieve an item from a destroyed house Aug. 26 after Hurricane Harvey struck Fulton, Texas.

HOUSTON – With floodwater as high as 20 feet from swelling bayous and waterways, thousands of homes in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston flooded as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to batter southeast Texas Aug. 28.

Published in International
November 17, 2015

Ghana's bishops urge citizens to fight environmental destruction

In this Aug. 8, 2008, file photo, a boy salvages copper found inside a burned motor in Accra, Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's Catholic bishops called on Ghanaians to fight the indiscriminate destruction of the environment and supported a hands-on project to fight pollution.

Published in International