German cleric asks God to protect His victims.

This should be about as effective as what FEMA's been doing.

Salon.com Wire Story: "Pope Benedict XI offered his prayers Sunday to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and his blessings to those helping in the recovery.

'These days we are all pained by the disaster caused by the hurricane in the United States of America,' Benedict XVI said, delivering his traditional Sunday blessing from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south of Rome. "