Cardinal Bo prays for
Philippines quake victims
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| An earthquake in the Philippines wreaks damage on the church of St Catherine of Alexandria in the town of Porac (AFP) |
The President of the Federation of the Asian Bishops’
Conferences expresses his sorrow for the earthquakes that have struck the
Philippines causing death and destruction.
By Linda Bordoni
Cardinal Charles Bo said he is grieving for the
people of the Philippines who have been struck by a series of earthquakes this
week that killed at least 20 people.
In a message addressed to the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal
Luis Tagle, to the Filipino bishops and faithful, Cardinal Bo expressed his
solidarity for the disaster that hit the Philippines on 22 and 23 April.
“It is with deep sorrow that I heard about the multiple
earthquakes that hit your nation and took the lives of some 20 people, injuring
hundreds and with several people reported missing”, he said.
He said he is sincerely anguished at the tragedy that has
taken on so many human lives in the Philippines “just as we are coping with
heinous attacks on Christians in Sri Lanka which has left us all numbed of
comprehension”.
Cardinal Bo concluded saying that he, and all the bishops of
the member countries of the Federation of the Asia Bishops Conferences are
praying for the victims of this natural calamity as well as for the survivors,
care givers and relief agents.
Two unconnected earthquakes
The earthquake that struck the nation on Tuesday registered
a magnitude of 6.4 and was centered in Samar, an island in the central eastern
part of the country. The location is about 400 kilometers southeast of the
magnitude 6.1 earthquake on Monday that killed at least 16 people and shook
buildings in the capital, Manila.
Many areas hit by the quake remain without power as
electricity providers cut off supply to prevent fires while damage is assessed.
The Philippines, at the geographical intersection of multiple
tectonic plates, sees frequent seismic activity and sometimes deadly
earthquakes.
Officials from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology said the two earthquakes this week did not appear to be connected.
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