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Pope Francis Urges Faithful to ‘Be Close to the People of Morocco’ in Wake of Earthquake

Abaca Press
People search in destroyed houses and buildings in the city of Amizmiz, southwest of Marrakesh, on September 11, 2023. Moroccans mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people as the first foreign rescuers flew to help search the rubble of flattened villages.

Rescue workers and emergency responders in Morocco were working on Monday to free survivors from the rubble left by the earthquake.