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St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and its school, which serves a vibrant African-American Catholic community in northeast Houston, were covered in at least 4 feet of water from Hurricane Harvey rains and rising water from a flooded nearby bayou.
At the Church of St. Peter Claver, a saint venerated throughout the Americas as a champion of human rights, Pope Francis offered special prayers for Venezuela and its people suffering in the midst of a huge political and economic crisis.
By midday Sept. 10, Mexican officials put the death toll at 90, with most of the deaths occurring in the southern state of Oaxaca. Rescuers raced to rescue people trapped under rubble in the city of Juchitan on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 450 miles southeast of Mexico City, where the city hall partially collapsed.
Pope Francis said he had no magic words or special recipes for Colombians seeking peace, but rather he wanted to listen to them, learn from them and travel a bit of the road with them.
The Holy Family Fun Festival included games and a variety of international food and musical performances Sept. 8-9.
In a raw, honest prayer service where victims and perpetrators of violence stood under the gaze of a bomb-damaged crucifix, Pope Francis urged Colombians to summon the courage to make peace.
A group of about 70 people attended an early morning Mass Sept. 7 at the grotto for special prayers before Hurricane Irma. Key West, often in hurricanes' paths, had been under a mandatory evacuation order, which not everyone was heeding.
Politicians who call themselves pro-life must be pro-family and not enact policies that divide families and rob young people of a future, Pope Francis said.
If just one victim of Colombia's civil war forgives his or her aggressor, it can set off a chain reaction of hope for reconciliation and peace, Pope Francis said.
During the storm, which inundated the fourth-largest city in the nation with 20 to 52 inches of rain, the local Houston legend "Mattress Mack" — known for his TV catchphrases, enthusiasm and same-day delivery service — became a worldwide icon of generosity overnight.
