Our prayers are with those who are suffering due to the recent hurricane that struck the southern states of the United States on 29 August. Hit especially hard was New Orleans.
Sources have indicated that the destruction is widespread and that flooding will continue for several days, or perhaps weeks. It is believed that hundreds of people have already died.
One of the elders with the Patriarchate said, “Economically speaking, the area will probably never recover. After the clean up process begins and the issuing of government grants, corruption is going to soar among local politicians and the money will never go back into the affected areas.”
— 30 August 2005
