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Soldiers hold up closed fists motioning for silence during rescue efforts at the Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Reports of a girl trapped in the rubble of a collapsed school in Mexico City captured the world's attention, but the story was created by bad journalistic and government practices.
Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris of collapsed buildings Sept. 20 in Mexico City. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Sept. 19 to the southeast of the city, killing hundreds. (CNS photo/Jose Mendez, EPA)
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Catholic News Service
All the dioceses in Mexico were collecting food, water and other necessities for victims of the quakes and were seeking economic support from inside and outside the country.
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.
People move through flooded streets in Havana after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Tim Padgett
Caribbean islands rarely get the Anderson Cooper treatment on cable news.
Mobile homes and farmworker housing in Immokalee, Fla., are seen flooded on Sept. 12 after Hurricane Irma swept up through Florida, leaving many in Southwest Florida without housing. The hurricane also severely impacted the region's infrastructure, including electricity, gasoline, internet and mobile telephone services. (CNS photo/Tom Tracy)
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Tom Tracy - Catholic News Service
Catholic organizations tackle the challenges of recovery in Florida.