International Desk

Northern Thailand Faces Severe Flooding: Cleanup and Recovery Efforts Underway

In northern Thailand, Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom of Chiang Rai, along with parishioners and hundreds of hill tribe volunteers, are urgently working to clear thick mud left by a recent flash flo...

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Central Europe Battles Worst Floods in Decades, Communities Rush to Evacuate

Residents across parts of Poland and the Czech Republic hurried to evacuate on Monday, while others in central Europe began cleaning up after devastating floods—the w...

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Saint Raymond of Penafort

Raymond of Penafort was born around 1175 in the Catalonian region of present-day Spain, close to Barcelona. He came from an aristocratic family with connections to the royal line of Aragon. ...

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