Pope Francis has sent $100,000 of aid money to hurricane-stricken Haiti to assist flood victims.
The donation was sent through the Pontifical Council Cor Unum to be distributed through the hardest-hit dioceses, the council said in a communiqué on Friday.
The first round of funding was meant to be a "concrete expression of Pope Francis's feelings of spiritual closeness and fatherly support for the people and places" that have been affected, it said.
The papal contribution is part of the Church's network of humanitarian aid, which includes help from different bishops' conferences and numerous Catholic charities.
