Why I'm going to the Philippines

Note: This blog first appeared on Catholic News Service.

By Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Pictures and numbers that show the disastrous effect of Typhoon Haiyan numb the mind. More than 4 million people have been displaced -- about the population of Kentucky. More than 1.1 million homes have been damaged, more than half of them totally destroyed. The death toll is more than 6,200 -- the population