Catholic leader in Morocco: It may take years to rebuild after earthquake
“Faced with this tragedy, we would like to express our compassion and our closeness to the entire country and to all the Moroccan families who are in mourning, who have injured members, who have lost their homes and their property”
The leader of the Catholic Church in Morocco said this week that material support and prayers will be needed for “months, or maybe even years” after the nation of 37 million was rocked by its worst earthquake in decades.
In a Sept. 11 interview with Caritas International, Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, archbishop of Rabat and president of Caritas Morocco, said the situation in the country “varies from day to day, not to say hour to hour.” ---More...
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