Pope sends initial aid of 100,000 euros to Venezuela

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday sent initial

aid of 100,000 euros to Venezuela after two killer quakes hit

the South American country leaving thousands missing.

Leo, through the Office of Papal Charities, has sent initial aid

to Venezuela, which was struck by two severe earthquakes

overnight.

The Pope's allocation is 100,000 euros, decided after contacts

with the Nuncio to the country, Archbishop Alberto Ortega

Martín, Titular Archbishop of Midila, and the Archbishop of

Caracas, Archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo.

"But constant attention will be paid to the needs of the

Venezuelan people, which, in the coming days, at the direction

of the local Church, efforts will be made to meet," Vatican

media wrote.

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