Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand announced on Friday that it will provide urgently needed funding for Lebanon amidst apocalyptic scenes from a massive explosion in the port of Beirut yesterday. Caritas is one of at least sixteen Catholic organizations that have responded to the Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut’s port. As victims in Beirut face an Read more
The public reviews of the CTV building collapse in the Christchurch earthquakes and the Pike River mine disaster have revealed the profound practical significance of faith existing or failing in relationships and individual actions. Both disasters have raised questions over engineering, design and rescue management. Both situations reveal a sorry record of law and regulation Read more
Pope Benedict XVI has expressed solidarity and prayed for Caribbean nations hit by Hurricane Sandy. The pope on Sunday said he wanted to express his sympathy to those hit by the devastating hurricane that struck Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and the Bahamas “with particular violence.” Hurricane Sandy left nearly 60 dead in the Caribbean. The pope Read more
The Governor of Tokyo suggested that Divine punishment was the cause of both the earthquake and subsequent tsunami which have devastated Japan, caused the deaths of thousands and the suffering of an entire nation. He “took back” his comments because he said that in making them, he failed to take into account the “feeling of the victims.” Read more