Colombian church donates 250,000 communion wafers to Venezuela

A Colombian church has donated 250,000 wafers to Venezuela's Catholic Church, which has struggled to buy its own because a shortage of flour. The diocese of the city of Cucuta, which is on the border between the two countries, donated the wafers ahead of Easter celebrations. The wafer is used to celebrate Holy Communion during Roman Catholic Mass. In a statement, the Colombian church said the wafers had been handed over on a bridge between the two countries. More…