Urging the traditionalist society not to proceed with the consecrations, Pope Leo said the church was still “open to a path of dialogue.”
A full diocesan observance of Forty Hours devotion was a daunting prospect, given the anti-Catholic sentiment in the U.S. at the time.
The United Nations said more than 2,200 rescuers and 140 search dogs from 27 countries were working to locate trapped survivors.
