{"id":38681,"date":"2025-06-18T22:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=38681"},"modified":"2025-06-18T22:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:38:30","slug":"catholic-charities-aids-midwestern-communities-devastated-by-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/catholic-charities-aids-midwestern-communities-devastated-by-tornadoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Institui\u00e7\u00f5es de caridade cat\u00f3licas ajudam comunidades do Centro-Oeste devastadas por tornados"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Tony McFall wears his father\u2019s cowboy hat while looking over the debris of the house of his father and step-mother, who lost their lives during the tornado in the neighborhood of Sunshine Hills on May 17, 2025, in London, Kentucky. A tornado struck communities in Somerset and London, Kentucky, leaving over 10 dead and more injured. \/ Credit: Michael Swensen\/Getty Images CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 \/ 16:13 pm (CNA). Local Catholic Charities organizations are rallying to support communities devastated\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Local Catholic Charities organizations are rallying to support communities devastated\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":52027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38779,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/be-the-love-of-christ-for-others-st-louis-begins-long-road-to-tornado-recovery\/","url_meta":{"origin":38681,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Be the love of Christ for others\u2019: St. Louis begins long road to tornado recovery","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maio 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cI have never seen anything like this,\u201d said Jerikah McCloud, 23, who looks out the destroyed second floor of her family home in the Academy neighborhood of St. Louis on Saturday, May 17, 2025, after the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado struck the city the day before. \/ Credit: Laurie Skrivan\/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP St. Louis, Mo., May 23, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). 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