BREAKING NEWS: Earthquakes Hit Venezuela

BREAKING NEWS:
Earthquakes Hit Venezuela

Even as churches suffer severe structural damage, they are doing what the Church has always done in times of crisis—they are opening their doors to shelter families who have nowhere else to go.

The loss of life is at least 1,450. The Cathedral of Caracas and numerous parishes have been damaged. A parish church and rectory collapsed. The diocesan seminary in La Guaira has suffered extensive destruction. Throughout the country, priests, religious, and parish communities are responding with courage and compassion, providing refuge, comfort, and hope to those who have lost so much. But now aftershocks are causing more fear.

As emergency assessments continue, the needs are expected to grow rapidly.

ACN will stand by the Church in Venezuela and support it in responding to this emergency, as it opens its doors, accompanies those affected, and responds to this disaster. Will you help?

Update from Venezuela

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Information available to ACN indicates more than 1,200 people killed, including 120 children, and approximately 3,000 others injured. Large areas of southern villages have been cleared as part of efforts to establish control over the border. Despite the uncertainty and hardship, many Christians express a strong desire to remain. Both young people and the elderly are determined to stay in their homes and on their land. But they need our help.

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