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Catholics mobilize to help evacuees from Caribbean volcano


Catholics mobilize to help evacuees from Caribbean volcano
Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufrière volcano erupts as seen from Kingstown April 9, 2021, on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (CNS photo/Robertson S. Henry, Reuters)
By Laura Ann Phillips
• Catholic News Service • Posted April 13, 2021
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CNS) Despite COVID-19 restrictions and various challenges posed by continuous volcanic eruptions and ashfall on St. Vincent and the Grenadines and neighboring islands, dioceses in the West Indies have rallied to the aid of those affected by La Soufrière volcano.
“There is an immediate response with the things they need most,” said Archbishop Jason Gordon of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 10. “Once we get that done, then we start working with them to consider the scale of the problem and what kind of response will be needed.” ....

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