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Authorities in Mexico say the roof of a church has collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass, killing an undetermined number of people among approximately 30 parishioners believed trapped in the rubble. Rescue teams are searching for about 30 people are believed trapped by the collapse Sunday. Officials have not said whether there are any casualties. But the Mexican Council of Bishops has issued a statement saying that “we join in prayer at the tragic loss of life and those injured,” though without saying how many had died. The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico says the roof caved in while parishioners were receiving communion at the Santa Cruz church in the Gulf coast city of Ciudad Madero, next to the port city of Tampico.

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