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A man in Nagua, Dominican Republic, takes a photo of the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 7 as Hurricane Irma moves toward Florida. (CNS photo/Ricardo Rojas, Reuters)
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Catholic News Service
Hurricane Irma leaves a trail of devastation as Church leaders respond to the crisis.
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Kevin Clarke
Remembering the church’s call to solidarity, a C.R.S. official asks only that as Americans reach out to assist their fellow citizens they continue to remember “our brothers and sisters around the world who are also in need.”
Lin Barton surveys the damage at the marina in Rockport where he has lived and worked. (Photos by Jan-Albert Hootsen)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Residents of coastal towns return to find toppled RV’s, convenience stores without roofs and furniture scattered over the road.
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale answers the telephone at his original Gallery Furniture store in Houston on Sept. 2, 2017. McIngvale, motivated by his Catholic faith, dispatched trucks to rescue Harvey flooding victims and opened his stores as shelters to hundreds of evacuees and Texas Army National Guard troops. (RNS photo by Bobby Ross Jr.)
FaithNews
Bobby Ross Jr. - Religion News Service
A mattress store owner, motivated by his Catholic faith, opened his business to evacuees from Hurricane Harvey and quickly became one of the crisis' heroes and a symbol of Houston's resilience.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, visits a Catholic Charities center in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 3. (CNS photo/courtesy Catholic Charities)
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Catholic News Service
Catholic Charities leads humanitarian and relief efforts across Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey surround homes in Port Arthur, Texas, on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“I cannot compare it to anything,” Donna Markham, O.P., president of Catholic Charities USA, says of the storm. “The expanse of it…it is bigger than Katrina. The loss of life has not been as great as Katrina, but the damage is just monumental.”