Pope urges access for Cyclone Mocha relief

By Agence France-Presse

May 28, 2023 8:57 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for humanitarian organizations to be given access to areas hit by a deadly cyclone which tore through parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh two weeks ago.

'I appeal to those responsible to facilitate the access of humanitarian aid,' the pontiff said at the end of the Angelus prayer in the Vatican.

A Rohingya woman carries her baby next to her destroyed house at Basara refugee camp in Sittwe on May 16, 2023, after Cyclone Mocha made a landfall. AFP PHOTO

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