{"id":101508,"date":"2026-07-31T04:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101508"},"modified":"2026-07-31T04:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:08:47","slug":"church-in-venezuela-to-remain-at-the-side-of-the-suffering-following-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/church-in-venezuela-to-remain-at-the-side-of-the-suffering-following-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u59d4\u5185\u745e\u62c9\u6559\u4f1a\u5730\u9707\u540e\u5c06\u201c\u7ee7\u7eed\u4e0e\u53d7\u82e6\u8005\u7ad9\u5728\u4e00\u8d77\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>One month after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, the Catholic Church is focused on \u201cremaining at the side of the suffering,\u201d according to Father Ricardo Guill\u00e9n, episcopal vicar for pastoral ministry of the Archdiocese of Caracas.In an interview with the archdiocesan press office, the priest explained how \u201cphysical presence, active listening, and organized charity\u201d have been the cornerstones of the Church\u2019s response to the tragedy, which claimed the lives of thousands of people and severely affected tens of thousands more.\u201cOur\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\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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At a July 22 press conference, Archbishop Ra\u00fal Biord noted that the Church \u201chas responded promptly\u201d to the task of assisting those most affected.More than 5,000 people died in the tragedy, according to official figures from the interim government, while tens of thousands were injured and left homeless. Other estimates place the number of missing persons in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":96806,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/caritas-venezuela-adds-recovery-component-to-ongoing-relief-efforts\/","url_meta":{"origin":101508,"position":1},"title":"Caritas Venezuela adds recovery component to ongoing relief efforts","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"23 7 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that struck the country, Caritas Venezuela, the social services arm of the Catholic Church in Venezuela, issued an updated bulletin in which it noted that, at this stage, \u201cthe immediate emergency begins to overlap with the first steps toward recovery.\u201d The organization continues to maintain field operations, particularly in the coastal city of La Guaira, where the destruction is overwhelming.In total, Caritas Venezuela reported that it has received over 19,000 tons of aid,\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":73536,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/church-in-venezuela-could-undergo-more-persecution-in-2026-experts-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":101508,"position":2},"title":"Church in Venezuela could undergo more persecution in 2026, experts say","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"27 7 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Caracas skyline. | Credit: Olga Berrios, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 1, 2026 \/ 10:00 am (CNA). 2026 dawned in Venezuela in an atmosphere of ambivalence: sorrows and joys, tensions and consolations, and more questions than certainties. The work of the Catholic Church goes on within the country\u2019s turbulent reality, a task that is far from easy due to \u201cthe autocratic drift of national politics,\u201d as the bishops stated at the beginning of last year.This past December in\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Church in Venezuela could undergo more persecution in 2026, experts say","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Church-in-Venezuela-could-undergo-more-persecution-in-2026-experts-say.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Church-in-Venezuela-could-undergo-more-persecution-in-2026-experts-say.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Church-in-Venezuela-could-undergo-more-persecution-in-2026-experts-say.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Church-in-Venezuela-could-undergo-more-persecution-in-2026-experts-say.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Church-in-Venezuela-could-undergo-more-persecution-in-2026-experts-say.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68252,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/italian-basilica-of-st-benedict-reopens-9-years-after-it-was-destroyed-by-earthquake\/","url_meta":{"origin":101508,"position":3},"title":"Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"27 12 \u6708, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The outside of the reconstructed Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, is lit up with lights in celebration of its reopening on Oct. 30, 2025. \/ Credit: Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2025 \/ 10:00 am (CNA). The Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, reopened for worship this weekend after a four-year project to rebuild the 13th-century edifice leveled by an earthquake in 2016.Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly rebuilt church on Oct. 31,\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Italian-Basilica-of-St.-Benedict-reopens-9-years-after-it-was-destroyed-by-earthquake.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Italian-Basilica-of-St.-Benedict-reopens-9-years-after-it-was-destroyed-by-earthquake.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Italian-Basilica-of-St.-Benedict-reopens-9-years-after-it-was-destroyed-by-earthquake.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Italian-Basilica-of-St.-Benedict-reopens-9-years-after-it-was-destroyed-by-earthquake.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22609,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/santas-tomb-coffin-of-st-nicholas-may-have-been-found-but-theres-a-catch\/","url_meta":{"origin":101508,"position":4},"title":"Santa\u2019s tomb? Coffin of St. Nicholas may have been found \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but there\u2019s a\u00c2\u00a0catch","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"18 12 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav \u00c4\u0152erm\u00c3\u00a1k (1831-1878). \/ Credit: Galerie Art Praha via Wikimedia (public domain) CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2024 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, announced this week that her team has found a sarcophagus that may contain the body of&nbsp;St. Nick&nbsp;\u2014 a discovery that&nbsp;could muddy the conventional wisdom about the true resting place of the saint\u2019s relics, which is\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1733489142_jaroslav-cermak-1831-1878-sv.-mikulas.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1733489142_jaroslav-cermak-1831-1878-sv.-mikulas.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1733489142_jaroslav-cermak-1831-1878-sv.-mikulas.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1733489142_jaroslav-cermak-1831-1878-sv.-mikulas.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":102305,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/socialist-government-and-opposition-agree-to-overhaul-the-justice-system-in-venezuela\/","url_meta":{"origin":101508,"position":5},"title":"Socialist government and opposition agree to overhaul the justice system in Venezuela","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"17 8 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Representatives of Venezuela\u2019s 2015 National Assembly \u2014 recognized by the Trump administration as the last democratically elected authority in the country \u2014 along with representatives of interim President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s government announced the first agreements reached during their negotiations this week.The process is being overseen by the United States government, with the primary objectives of restoring the country\u02bcs institutions, reinstating civil and political liberties, and eventually calling for elections to enable a democratic transition in the aftermath of the capture\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101508"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=101508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}