First responders in Mamaroneck, N.Y., pull local residents in a boat Sept. 2, 2021, as they rescue people trapped by floodwaters after the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida. (CNS photo/Mike Segar, Reuters)Afghan refugees at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., embrace family members Sept. 2, 2021, before boarding buses that will take them to a processing center. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)Pope Francis accepts the gift of a handmade “Abraham’s tent” from a boy during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 1, 2021. The gift was given by members of the Laudato Si’ movement. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Twin sisters Bridget and Rosalie Serigny, 66, of Golden Meadow, La., hold their cat Frost Sept. 1, 2021, as they pose for a photograph after returning to their damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The sisters said the hurricane destroyed the roof of their house and chicken coop. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif Reuters)An Orthodox priest takes part in a ceremony to rebury the remains of civilians killed during the military conflict in eastern Ukraine, at a cemetery outside the rebel-controlled town of Pervomaisk Aug. 31, 2021. The remains of 30 people killed in 2014-2015 were previously found and exhumed from a mass grave. (CNS photo/Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters)Dennis Malattji receives his coronavirus vaccine on the Transvaco COVID-19 vaccination train Aug. 27, 2021, in Springs, South Africa. South Africa’s rail company Transnet turned the train into a clinic on rails to help the government speed up its vaccine rollout in the country’s remote communities. (CNS photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters)Earthquake victims receive hygiene kits and tarps from Catholic Relief Service workers in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 24, 2021. CRS staffers are operating under tarps at a parking lot near their operations center in Les Cayes following damage to their offices. The Diocese of St. Cloud has joined other dioceses across the country in asking parishes to take up a special collection to assist with relief efforts. (CNS photo/Godchild Regis, CRS)
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