Colombia: Bogotá Archdiocese Launches 'Spiritual First Aid' Mission to Quake-Hit Cities

Bogotá archdiocese launches 'spiritual first aid' mission to quake-hit cities

A drone view of a neighborhood with collapsed buildings in Pereira, Colombia Aug. 17, 2026, following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake. Priests from the Archdiocese of Bogota, led by their bishop, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, embarked on a five-day mission to provide spiritual assistance to people living in cities affected by the Aug. 10 earthquake. (OSV News photo/Juan Felipe Leon, Reuters) Dozens of clergy from the Archdiocese of Bogotá embark…

Colombia: Bogotá archdiocese launches 'spiritual first aid' mission to quake-hit cities

(OSV News) — Dozens of clergy from the Archdiocese of Bogotá embarked on a five-day pastoral mission to cities in Colombia devastated by the Aug. 10 earthquake. According to the archdiocese, a group of 80 priests and deacons, led by Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio of Bogotá, as well as his auxiliary bishops, left by bus Aug. 18 “on a mission of ‘Spiritual First Aid’ to urban and rural parishes affected by the earthquake.” A woman prays as she…

Colombia: Bogotá archdiocese launches ‘spiritual first aid’ mission to quake-hit cities

Dozens of clergy from the Archdiocese of Bogotá embarked on a five-day pastoral mission to cities in Colombia devastated by the Aug. 10 earthquake.

Colombia: Bogot? archdiocese launches 'spiritual first aid' mission to quake-hit cities

(OSV News) — Dozens of clergy from the Archdiocese of Bogotá embarked on a five-day pastoral mission to cities in Colombia devastated by the Aug. 10 earthquake. According to the archdiocese, a group of 80 priests and deacons, led by Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio of Bogotá, as well as his auxiliary bishops, left by bus Aug. 18 “on a mission of ‘Spiritual First Aid’ to urban and rural parishes affected by the earthquake.” Addressing the priest…