Vatican
City, 11 November 2013 (VIS) – Pope Francis, through the Pontifical
Council “Cor Unum” has decided to send an aid contribution of
150,000 dollars to assist the population of the Philippines,
devastated by the passage of the typhoon Haiyan which violently
struck the country this weekend, in particular affecting the islands
of Leyte and Samar and causing, according to unconfirmed estimates,
more than ten thousand deaths.
This
sum, which will be distributed by the local Church in the regions
most affected by the disaster, will be used to support aid work for
the assistance of displaced persons from the flooded areas, and it is
intended as a first and concrete expression of spiritual nearness and
paternal encouragement on the part of the Supreme Pontiff in relation
to the people and territories devastated by the floods.
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