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