Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday made a new appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the victims of the October 8 earthquake in south Asia that inflicted the most damage in Azad Kashmir and NWFP.
The quake left behind "considerable damage" and that " it seems that the need is even greater than aid that has been offered up to now," the pontiff told the crowd gathered in Saint Peter's square for his Sunday Angelus blessing.
Earlier this month the pope had called for prayers for the victims and aid for survivors of the 7.6-magnitude quake.