{"id":101239,"date":"2026-07-29T00:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101239"},"modified":"2026-07-29T00:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:08:20","slug":"forest-fires-in-spain-providence-is-taking-super-good-care-of-us-priest-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/forest-fires-in-spain-providence-is-taking-super-good-care-of-us-priest-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Waldbr\u00e4nde in Spanien: \u201eDie Vorsehung k\u00fcmmert sich unglaublich gut um uns\u201c, sagt Priester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The territory of the Diocese of Getafe, south of Madrid, Spain, is being especially hard hit by wildfires that have forced thousands of people to shelter in place or evacuate. The natural disaster finds the diocese\u2019s priests on the front lines, welcoming, accompanying, consoling, and praying.In the central area of \u200b\u200bSpain alone, 12 towns have been evacuated and another three are under a shelter-in-place order due to the wave of forest fires that in recent days have devastated thousands of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The natural disaster finds the diocese\u2019s priests on the front lines, welcoming, accompanying, consoling, and praying.In the central area of \u200b\u200bSpain alone, 12 towns have been evacuated and another three are under a shelter-in-place order due to the wave of forest fires that in recent days have devastated thousands of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":101258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-101239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101872,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/scottish-bishop-excommunicates-rector-of-redemptorists-after-illicit-ordination\/","url_meta":{"origin":101239,"position":0},"title":"Scottish bishop excommunicates rector of Redemptorists after illicit ordination","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"August 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, Scotland, has pronounced Father Michael Mary Sim, rector of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church.\u201cRegrettably, I find Father Michael Mary guilty of the charges brought against him, most notably that of schism. 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