Residents attend Sunday mass at the 400-year-old Immaculate conception church destroyed by super Typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan town, central Philippines on November 17, 2013
Guiuan (Philippines) (AFP) - Grieving survivors of a monster typhoon in the mainly Catholic Philippines gathered in shattered churches on Sunday, listening to soothing sermons, asking questions of God and feeling a ray of hope.
Nine days after some of the strongest winds ever recorded and tsunami-like waves destroyed dozens of coastal towns and killed thousands of people, the services offered a moment to escape the grinding battle to survive in the wastelands.
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