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Catholics in Indonesia celebrate Mass outdoors in earthquake-hit town

Reuters

20 August 2026 at 22:00:14


Residents in Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo marked the Assumption of Mary outdoors on Sunday (August 16), praying for safety and an end to aftershocks after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck East Nusa Tenggara, killing at least 53 people and forcing around 5,000 to evacuate.

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