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re:Europe bakes in record heat; Pope prays for rain - 2005/07/20 05:18
No, we have plenty of his priests here also, and with the Catholic church's great "moral authority" I'm sure that Europe will get relief soon.
Pope prays for rain
12aug03
THE Pope yesterday prayed for rain and relief from the punishing heatwave that has smothered large parts of the continent for two weeks, as temperatures continued to soar.
"I invite you to join my prayer for the victims of this calamity and I urge you to fervently pray to the Lord to give the parched earth a bit of cool rain," the pontiff said in a mass at Castelgandolfo, south of Rome.
But there was little relief in sight as new bushfires broke out in Portugal and Spain, forcing nearly 1000 residents to flee their homes. The fires and the heat have killed more than 40 people.
Temperatures in large parts of Europe have climbed well above 40C; records were set in Germany and Britain.
Meteorologists have predicted the temperatures will remain far above normal until at least the end of this week.
Some 170 firefighters equipped with more than 50 vehicles and water-dropping aircraft were fighting a blaze some 250km south of Portugal's capital,
Lisbon.
"There are houses burning in the area; people are in a panic," a local priest said.
More than 500 people were evacuated from the Comabella and Granera areas in
Spain's northeastern Catalonia region as a security measure, while the fire, which has already destroyed 750 hectares, raged on.
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