Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Papal envoy: U.S. needs help after Katrina

U.S. Needs Help After Katrina, Says Papal Envoy

Archbishop Cordes Urges Solidarity in Wake of Hurricane

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 19, 2005 (ZENIT.org).- The special papal envoy who toured the hurricane-struck U.S. Gulf Coast says it's vital that the United States not be "abandoned" as it rebuilds from the devastation.

Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes had met with inhabitants of the areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina to relay the spiritual closeness of Benedict XVI and concrete forms of aid from the Holy Father.

For four days the president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" traveled throughout the storm-ravaged areas, meeting with local Catholic communities and visiting the victims in their places of refuge.

"The personal presence of a special papal envoy has quickly found words of gratitude in the ecclesial and civil spheres," the prelate told Vatican Radio on returning to Rome.

"As a matter of fact, it seems that the Vatican has been the only state in the world to have sent a state representative to the affected areas," he added.

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