(Vatican Radio) At least 32 people died in the second of two major earthquakes that struck Japan last week. Catholic parishes in the area appealed for donations to help survivors.Pope Francis during his Regina Coeli address on Sunday prayed for the victims of the earthquake.Listen to Alastair Wanklyn's report: In Japan's southern island of Kyushu, more than 100,000 residents remained evacuated on Sunday, cramming into public buildings and makeshift camp sites.Troops handed out water and food, some of it donated by supermarket chains.Japan's government accepted an offer of help from the United States to send in U.S. military helicopters.Some evacuees told Japanese television the shelters are full. Many people resorted to sleeping in cars or on cardboard outdoors.A Catholic parish in the city of Fukuoka was among those asking for donations to help survivors, and the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan said it was considering how volunteers might best be ...
(Vatican Radio) At least 32 people died in the second of two major earthquakes that struck Japan last week. Catholic parishes in the area appealed for donations to help survivors.
In Japan's southern island of Kyushu, more than 100,000 residents remained evacuated on Sunday, cramming into public buildings and makeshift camp sites.
Troops handed out water and food, some of it donated by supermarket chains.
Japan's government accepted an offer of help from the United States to send in U.S. military helicopters.
Some evacuees told Japanese television the shelters are full. Many people resorted to sleeping in cars or on cardboard outdoors.
A Catholic parish in the city of Fukuoka was among those asking for donations to help survivors, and the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan said it was considering how volunteers might best be directed to help.
Meanwhile, rescue workers continued to pick through the debris of destroyed homes. At a university accommodation centre that collapsed, 11 people remained missing.
Several hundreds of aftershocks were recorded, and officials cautioned that land weakened by the tremors is now at risk of landslides.
(Vatican Radio) Brazil's lower house of Congress voted late last night to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader.Listen: President Rousseff is fighting for her political life. On Sunday night the Brazilian leader failed to fend of impeachment proceedings when the majority in the country’s Chamber of Deputies voted to oust her.The measure will now go to the country’s Senate. If by a majority the Senate votes to put the president on trial, Rousseff will be temporarily suspended which would mean Vice President Michel Temer would take on her duties.The President is accused of using accounting tricks in managing the federal budget to maintain spending and shore up support.In a television address before the vote, she said that the case being examined against her in Congress “was the greatest legal and political fraud in the history of the country”, asking the Brazilian people to continue to defend demo...
(Vatican Radio) Brazil's lower house of Congress voted late last night to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader.
Listen:
President Rousseff is fighting for her political life. On Sunday night the Brazilian leader failed to fend of impeachment proceedings when the majority in the country’s Chamber of Deputies voted to oust her.
The measure will now go to the country’s Senate. If by a majority the Senate votes to put the president on trial, Rousseff will be temporarily suspended which would mean Vice President Michel Temer would take on her duties.
The President is accused of using accounting tricks in managing the federal budget to maintain spending and shore up support.
In a television address before the vote, she said that the case being examined against her in Congress “was the greatest legal and political fraud in the history of the country”, asking the Brazilian people to continue to defend democracy.”
But it’s not over yet for Dilma Rousseff. She still has cards to play.
She could appeal to the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Brazil's highest court, on the grounds that the accusations are unsafe and she could also lobby senators before their vote and rally her Workers Party to action.
This political crisis comes at a critical time for Brazil. It is grappling with a contracting economy and on the health front the Zika virus, which can cause birth defects, has gripped the northeastern part of the country.
It also remains to be seen whether President Rouesseff will still be on the world stage when Brazil hosts the Olympics games in August.
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