We call on the country’s first two canonized saints, Mother Carmen and Dr. José Gregorio, for their prayers, and we offer our own.
The evening hours of the Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist, widely celebrated across the Catholic world with a national holiday, turned tragic for Venezuela. Two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit a minute apart at 6:04 in the evening. The initial death toll is rising quickly as buildings across the region have collapsed.
Archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Carcas, took to the streets to offer
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