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June 14, 2017

Catholic leaders pray for London fire victims, offer assistance

Flames and smoke billow from a London apartment building June 14. London's Metropolitan Police said a number of people were being treated for a range of injuries, and authorities appealed for families to report anyone unaccounted for.

LONDON – Catholic leaders in London offered prayers for victims of a fire in a 24-story apartment building.

Published in International
January 14, 2015

Funding for D&P to help Iraqi refugees through winter

Members of the Yezidi religious minority who fled from violence in Mosul, Iraq, receive humanitarian aid Aug. 21 in Dohuk province, in the northern part of the country. Catholic relief agencies are trying raise more money for additional aid in the region.

Thousands of refugees who fled Mosul, Iraq, six months ago, now living in tents near the border with Turkey, will get more stable and winter-ready housing thanks to an extra $2.4 million in government funding given to the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.

Published in International