A Catholic priest who was retrieved from the rubble of a Church building in central Madrid that was destroyed by a presumed gas explosion died on Thursday, the Madrid archdiocese said in a statement.
Dublin, Ireland, Jul 20, 2018 / 05:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With less than a month to go until Pope Francis visits Dublin for the World Meeting of Families, organizers are moving forward with spiritual preparations as well as the practical, and have called for some 4,000 Eucharistic ministers to serve at the closing Mass.
According to the Archdiocese of Dublin, they are expecting around 500,000 people for the event’s closing Mass in Phoenix Park Aug. 26, which will be celebrated by Pope Francis, who will arrive to Dublin Aug. 25 to close the week-long event.
To ensure all attendees have access to communion at Mass, the archdiocese sent an appeal July 17 for some 4,000 Eucharistic ministers – whether they be priests, religious, consecrated or laity – who have already been trained and assist with the distribution of communion in their home parishes.
A suspected gas blast ripped through a Catholic-owned building in central Madrid yesterday afternoon
David Munoz Santos, 35, was fixing a boiler on the upper floors of the building when explosion happened
David, who died instantly, was a father-of-four and an electrician who had volunteered to help fix the boiler
Death toll rose to four this morning when priest Ruben Perez Ayala passed away in a Madrid hospital