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Pray

ByEsteban Biba
A woman holding a cross watches lava flowing down from the Pacaya volcano in San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, on May 5, 2021. A river of lava created by a new fissure in the cone of the Pacaya volcano has put the surrounding population on alert. According to the Guatemalan Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), the new lava flow, about two kilometers long, was continuing its slow course westward. For seven weeks now, Catholic neighbors in the village of El Patrocinio have been making a pilgrimage every Wednesday to pray that the lava does not reach neighboring villages.

A woman holding a cross watches lava flowing down the Pacaya volcano in San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, May 5, 2021. A river of lava created by a new fissure in the cone of the Pacaya volcano put the nearby population on alert. According to the Guatemalan Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), the new lava flow, about two kilometers long, maintained its slow westward course. The Catholic neighbors of the village of El Patrocinio have been making a pilgrimage every Wednesday for the past seven weeks to pray that the lava does not reach nearby towns.

Esteban Biba