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Rescue workers help people on Sept. 20 in Guayama, Puerto Rico, after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria. After battering the Virgin Islands, the hurricane made landfall in Puerto Rico, bringing "catastrophic" 155 mph winds and dangerous storm surges. (CNS photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters)
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Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Thousands sought shelter in Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Maria, called a "monster storm" by many, hit the Caribbean island just short of a Category 5 storm Sept. 20, with winds of 155 miles per hour.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said the hurricane had the potential of being the "most catastrophic hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in a century."

An injured woman is assisted in Mexico City on Sept. 19 after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit to the southeast of the city, killing hundreds. (CNS photo/Carlos Jasso, Reuters)
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David Agren - Catholic News Service
Mexican church leaders react to a devastating earthquake as improvised efforts bring ordinary Mexicans together to lend a helping hand.
A girl cries as Pope Francis meets a group from Mexico during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 20. Mexico was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on September 19th. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Catholic News Service
"May our mother, the Virgin of Guadalupe, with great tenderness be near the beloved Mexican nation," the pope said in Spanish Sept. 20 during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.
Pope Francis greets people as he arrives to visit the Shrine of St. Peter Claver in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sept. 10. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Esteban Morales Herrera, SJ
A Colombian Jesuit reflects on the visit of Pope Francis to his country.
A Brazilian Indian in Brasilia takes part in a demonstration against the violation of indigenous rights on April 27. The Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council criticized an April 30 attack in a remote area of Maranhao state that left 13 Gamela Indians injured. (CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters)
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Barbara Fraser - Catholic News Service
Catholic leaders respond forcefully to reports that an indigenous group was massacred to make way for illegal gold mining in the Amazon, casting blame on the Brazilian government.
In this Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, photo provided by Diocese of Orange, "Siervas," a nun rock band performs live at the Festival de Cristo at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif. The band known as Siervas was born in a Peruvian convent three years ago and since has gained an international following drawn by their smiling faces and soaring songs. (Challenge Roddie/Diocese of Orange via AP)
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Amy Taxin - Associated Press
11 Peruvian sisters formed a rock band in a convent and are taking the gospel on tour.