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September 11, 2017

Aid workers see humanitarian crisis as Rohingya flee to Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees jostle to receive food distributed by local organizations in Teknaf, Bangladesh, after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border Sept. 7 .

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Bangladesh is bracing for a massive humanitarian crisis because of a lack of food, sanitation, medicines and even basic housing following the exodus of as many as 350,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, fleeing violence in which at least 1,000 were killed in just two weeks.

Published in International
April 29, 2015

Pope prays for Nepal quake victims, sends donation, urges solidarity

Prabin Shresta, a member of a Salesian relief team called Nepal Don Bosco Society, provides a snack to earthquake survivors April 26. Inclement weather and logistical pressures have slowed down relief for Nepal earthquake victims.

VATICAN CITY - Santosh Kumar Magar said he was attending the ordination of a new priest in Okhaldhunga, a remote part of eastern Nepal, when the devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit April 25.

Published in International