Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
At least 160 people died and more than 1,300 were missing as rescue teams searched flood-hit border communities, officials said.
- On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV expressed deep sorrow for devastating floods in Nepal caused by a 5.2 magnitude glacial collapse near the China border. At least 168 people died as torrents swept through communities.
- Experts confirmed the disaster resulted from a massive glacial collapse in the warming Himalayas, validating warnings from earlier this year about climate change. The force was so great that tremors were initially mistaken for an earthquake 41 miles north of Kathmandu.
- Nearly 1,500 people remain unaccounted for across Nepal and Tibet, including more than a hundred pilgrims at Mount Kailash, a site sacred to Hinduism and Buddhism. Father Silas Krishna Bogati, apostolic administrator of Nepal, called it "the worst disaster in the country's history."
- A telegram sent on the Pope's behalf Thursday by Cardinal Pietro Parolin commended deceased souls "to the clemency of the Almighty." Catholic Relief Services announced coordination with Caritas Nepal to assess urgent needs and support affected communities.
- Rescue operations continue across the region, though efforts are complicated by damaged infrastructure and difficult terrain. Thousands of police officers and emergency workers are deploying helicopters to reach isolated villages and evacuate survivors.
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Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV expressed his sadness by the devastation wrought by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border, causing a deadly wave of floods and mudslides that killed 168 people with hundreds more feared dead. In a telegram sent on the pope’s behalf Aug. 27, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, expressed the pontiff’s condolences upon learning “of the loss of life and devastation caused by the flash floods in Nepal…
Nepal floods leave a trail of destruction, rescue operations intensify
CCTV footage captures a massive surge of mud, rocks and debris striking the Nepal-Tibet border area as the disaster unfolded on August 26. The flash floods and mudslides caused widespread destruction along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridors.
Photo: Vatican City Reform Agency.- Pope Leo XIV expressed on Thursday, August 27, his “most sincere condolences” to the families of the victims of the sudden floods that have caused at least 359 deaths in Nepal, and offered his prayers to the emergency personnel involved in the rescue operations. “His holiness Pope Leo XIV was saddened to learn about the loss of life and the devastation caused by the sudden floods in Nepal,” says a telegram sig…
Pope Leo XIV offered prayers and condolences to the victims of the great floods on the Nepal-China border caused by the glacial collapse that killed hundreds.
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