Nathalie Raffray

Aid to the Church in Need says missionaries are sheltering and feeding displaced people as families arrive in Isiro and Mungbere

Catholic leaders in Venezuela are assessing damage to churches, seminaries and parish buildings after two powerful earthquakes struck west of Caracas

Church communities are out in force to help deeply traumatised people in the wake of the deadly devastating earthquakes that hit Venezuela. Priests, who have been accompanying the wounded in hospitals in Caracas, said "the reality is devastating".

A community is in mourning following the murder of a priest in Central African Republic. Father Crépin Martial Monga, vicar of the Catholic parish of St John the Baptist in Zémio, in eastern Central African Republic, was killed on Monday night 29th June 2026.

More than 1,900 deaths have been recorded so far in Venezuela since the earthquakes hit

A Bishop has said how the death of a priest gunned down in his diocese "must not be in vain". Father Crépin Martial Monga, parish priest of the Catholic parish of St John the Baptist in Zémio, in south-east Central African Republic (CAR), was assassinated on Monday (29th June 2026).

Priests, Religious and volunteers are providing spiritual and practical support as the Church responds to the devastating earthquakes that have left thousands dead, injured or homeless in Venezuela

As Venezuela mourns its dead following two devastating earthquakes priests have told a Catholic charity that the Church is often the only source of hope.

Seminarian Germán Jiménez with a fellow earthquake survivor (© ACN)

Germán Jiménez said helping survivors search for loved ones and offering comfort has shown him that the Church’s mission is above all to remain present with those in need