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Tabernacle Remains Untouched After Catholic Church Burns to Ashes in LA Wildfires

“If I could save just one thing, let it be this, so they have something to believe in.”

TheEucharistictabernacleatCorpusChristiCatholicChurchinPacificPalisades,Calif.,wasfoundcompletelyuntouchedafterthechurchburnedtothegroundintheLosAngeleswildfires. LosAngelesFireDepartmentCaptainBryanNassour foundthetabernacleinsixfeetofrubbleonJan.11,2025.AlsoaCatholic,NassourtoldAngelusNewshesearchedforit“becausethewholecommunityhasbeendecimated—itlookslikeanuclearbombhasgoneoffandnothingisstanding.” NassourexplainedthathisCatholicbrotherandfriendsareparishionersatCorpusChristiChurchand“losteverything”inthefires. “IfIcouldsavejustonething,letitbethis,sotheyhavesomethingtobelievein,”hesaid.NassoursaidtheBlessedSacramentwasintactinsidethe300-poundtabernacle.Thefirefightersalsofoundundamagedvialsofholyoil. “Talktoanyfirefighter,”hetoldAngelusNews.“Inanyreligiousbuildingwhatusuallysurvivesisthecrossandcertainspecificitemsthatarehighlyreligious,unlessthe