"His Holiness prays for the wounded as well as the first responders, medical personnel and clergy who are caring for them and their loved ones."

Two decades later, the Church must continue to accompany the most vulnerable populations who still feel the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Their deaths follow those of six other journalists who died in an August 10 strike on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Ucrania declaró su independencia de la Unión Soviética el 24 de agosto de 1991.

Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991.