Here’s an article from yesterday about Bishop Rodi of Biloxi:

”It has been a catastrophe,” Rodi said before running down the list of destroyed church buildings: St. Peter in Pascagoula, St. Michael at Point Cadet in Biloxi, St. Paul in Pass Christian, St. Thomas in Long Beach and St. Clare in Waveland.

”Other places I suspect are destroyed but haven’t heard from are Pearlington, Lake Shore and Claremont Harbor.”

Diocesan churches that suffered major damage include Sacred Heart in Pascagoula, St. John in Biloxi, St. Louis in Biloxi, Church of Vietnamese Martyrs in Biloxi, Our Lady of the Gulf in Bay St. Louis and Sacred Heart in D’Iberville.

”Virtually every one of the buildings are damaged,” Rodi said of the diocese’s 57 churches, including churches as far north as Laurel.

Under different circumstances, Rodi said he would classify the damage at many of the churches as ”major.” Now he says, ”They are OK.”

”At this point, I’m urging all pastors to celebrate Mass this weekend, either at their church or on the grounds or at a different location,” Rodi said. ”People want to pray. They are asking, ‘Where will the Mass be this weekend?’ ”

And from today:

Don’t question God, Bishop Thomas Rodi, of the Southern Mississippi Diocese cautioned about 200 at Our Lady of Lourdes on Menge Avenue in Pass Christian. The morning mass included people from St. Paul’s Catholic Church, which was wiped out by Katrina. Rodi called on the Old Testament prophet Job in explaining that "People who suffer either become bitter and cynical or people become generous and their heart expands."

Toward the end of the hour-long service in the stifling heat, Luis Camero, an emergency room physician who works in New Orleans and grew up in Pass Christian, broke down in tears.

"It is a wonderful release of tension and fear," he said of his emotions.