{"id":230515,"date":"2026-06-28T21:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230515\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T21:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:17:07","slug":"philadelphia-church-holds-vigil-for-those-impacted-by-deadly-venezuela-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230515\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia church holds vigil for those impacted by deadly Venezuela earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Center City hosted a vigil in support of those impacted by the devastating back-to-back earthquakes that rattled Venezuela last week, killing more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/world\/earthquakes-venezuela-rescues-survivors-92a3d6c13c0f9af9c1bfb4ff6d041254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1,400 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local families carried prayers and boxes of donations into the Basilica on Sunday to support people affected by the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The back-to-back quakes devastated parts of the country\u2019s northern coast, including La Guaira state, one of the hardest-hit areas, where rescue teams and residents have been searching through collapsed buildings for survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam Rodrigues with the church said she organized the vigil to help bring peace of mind to those in Venezuela impacted by what she calls a series of political and now natural disasters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal today is to pray for our people in Venezuela to bring hope that there is a light at the end,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Father Dennis Gill at the church hopes prayer will offer some relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very much aware of all that\u2019s been happening in Venezuela, and we have a special concern for the people whose lives have been devastatingly impacted by the two earthquakes,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Those at the vigil said this was a moment to come together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrayer heavy prayer. Those earthquakes are tremendous, and this is Mother Nature&#8217;s work,\u201d said Sean, an attendee. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all would just love to go over and help out, and we can\u2019t, so we have to do what we can from here,\u201d said Laylita, another attendee.<\/p>\n<p>To learn how you can help, reach out to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Center City hosted a vigil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15571,93855,69,71,70,31344],"class_list":["post-230515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-cathedral-basilica-of-saints-peter-and-paul","tag-earthquake","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}