By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., May 19, 2025 / 16:07 pm A mile-wide tornado tore through the northern part of St. Louis on Friday, causing over $1.6 billion in damage and leaving at least five people dead, including a woman who was killed when the steeple of a Christian church …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 8, 2024 / 19:15 pm After Hurricane Beryl hit Texas early Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, claiming two lives and causing power outages in 2.7 million homes in Houston, the head of a local branch of Catholic Charities providing relief told EWTN: “We …

By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Mar 6, 2023 / 13:45 pm A parish church in southern Indiana that dates to the late 19th century had its roof ripped off in a windstorm Friday. Photos shared by the Diocese of Evansville show the roof of St. Joseph Parish church, which is …

WASHINGTON —Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued the following statement praying for the lives and safety of all those in the path of Hurricane Laura as it makes landfall in the Gulf Coast: “On behalf of my brother bishops …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Aug 24, 2020 / 07:19 pm MT (CNA).- Two weeks after a major storm system caused massive damage in the Midwest, residents of Iowa and other affected states are working to rebuild. For fourteen hours over an 800-mile stretch, the Aug. 10 storm caused …

by Mary Farrow Denver Newsroom, Apr 25, 2020 / 04:00 am MT (CNA).- On May 4, the parish community of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Madill, Oklahoma would have celebrated the first anniversary of their new church building. But on April 22, an EF2 tornado pummeled the small-town church, blowing …

By Christine Rousselle Nashville, Tenn., Mar 3, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- An historic Catholic church in the Nashville neighborhood of Germantown was among several buildings seriously damaged by a tornado Tuesday night. The tornado’s main path struck about 100 yards away from the Church of the Assumption in the …