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Pontiff Sends $200,000 to Peru
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Thanks for posting this Michael, this is the first I’ve heard of the quake down there. I don’t understand why I’ve not heard more about this devastating disaster on the news. I pray the people of Pisco are receiving the aid they so desperately need.
How absolutely tragic this happened on the feast of the Assumption, and so many faithful were killed in San Clemente church. May God rest their souls.
How absolutely tragic this happened on the feast of the Assumption, and so many faithful were killed in San Clemente church. May God rest their souls.
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Catholic Organizations Supporting Peru
Aid Groups Helping People and Local Church
BALTIMORE, Maryland, AUG. 20, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The international Catholic community is sending aid to Peru after that country was devastated by a magnitude-8 earthquake.
Catholic Relief Service’s communications officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Robyn Fieser, told ZENIT today that the group committed $100,000 for immediate assistance over the next 10-15 days.
The money is set “to provide basic support to those affected in most remote areas, including things like water, shelter, blankets, cooking utensils. Also trying to keep people warm since it is now very cold in Peru,” she said.
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.
Fieser affirmed that most of the damage from Wednesday’s quake was done to outlying areas, away from major cities.
She said: "Most of the homes are made of adobe and crumbled from the earthquake, leaving large numbers of homeless people.
“As far as long-term, much of this will depend on how much money is raised for the effort, but we anticipated being able to help those who have lost their homes to find permanent shelters, clean water, usable infrastructure, and programs to get people back to work and children back into school.”
Diocesan needs
Meanwhile, the Aid to the Church in Need organization based in Koenigstein,
Germany, is offering assistance to the Church in Peru. The charity group sent
$50,000 to the dioceses affected.
Two religious sisters were killed by the quake and a priest was injured. Church
property damage was excessive; the cathedral in Ica, 12 churches and seminary
were badly damaged or destroyed, Aid to the Church in Need reported, after
speaking with Bishop Guido Breña López of Ica.
According to the bishop: “The priorities for the diocese would consist above all
in the rebuilding of the ruined churches, and especially the cathedral, in
humanitarian aid, notably for the priests who have been left with nothing, and
the rebuilding of the seminary walls that have collapsed.”
zenit.org/article-20288?l=english
Aid Groups Helping People and Local Church
BALTIMORE, Maryland, AUG. 20, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The international Catholic community is sending aid to Peru after that country was devastated by a magnitude-8 earthquake.
Catholic Relief Service’s communications officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Robyn Fieser, told ZENIT today that the group committed $100,000 for immediate assistance over the next 10-15 days.
The money is set “to provide basic support to those affected in most remote areas, including things like water, shelter, blankets, cooking utensils. Also trying to keep people warm since it is now very cold in Peru,” she said.
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.
Fieser affirmed that most of the damage from Wednesday’s quake was done to outlying areas, away from major cities.
She said: "Most of the homes are made of adobe and crumbled from the earthquake, leaving large numbers of homeless people.
“As far as long-term, much of this will depend on how much money is raised for the effort, but we anticipated being able to help those who have lost their homes to find permanent shelters, clean water, usable infrastructure, and programs to get people back to work and children back into school.”
Diocesan needs
Meanwhile, the Aid to the Church in Need organization based in Koenigstein,
Germany, is offering assistance to the Church in Peru. The charity group sent
$50,000 to the dioceses affected.
Two religious sisters were killed by the quake and a priest was injured. Church
property damage was excessive; the cathedral in Ica, 12 churches and seminary
were badly damaged or destroyed, Aid to the Church in Need reported, after
speaking with Bishop Guido Breña López of Ica.
According to the bishop: “The priorities for the diocese would consist above all
in the rebuilding of the ruined churches, and especially the cathedral, in
humanitarian aid, notably for the priests who have been left with nothing, and
the rebuilding of the seminary walls that have collapsed.”
zenit.org/article-20288?l=english
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Yeah, I pray our mission in Chimbote Peru is okay.Thanks for posting this Michael, this is the first I’ve heard of the quake down there. I don’t understand why I’ve not heard more about this devastating disaster on the news. I pray the people of Pisco are receiving the aid they so desperately need.
How absolutely tragic this happened on the feast of the Assumption, and so many faithful were killed in San Clemente church. May God rest their souls.
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I often ask myself. Is this the great pope that private prophecies have talked about? I say he’s Benedict the Brave.Pontiff Sends $200,000 to Peru
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God Bless Benedict. That is all I can say.
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