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U.S. Bishops: Special Collection for the persecuted minorities in Middle East

U.S. Bishops: Special Collection for the persecuted minorities in Middle East

(Vatican Radio)  Catholic bishops in the U.S. are organizing a special collection to help Christians and other persecuted minorities in the Middle East.

Please find below the press release from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB): 

“The bishops of the United States will express their solidarity with Christians and other minorities in the Middle East in the face of ongoing violence and persecution by taking up a special collection. Proceeds from the collection will support immediate humanitarian and pastoral needs, as well as the cost of long-term church reconstruction.

The collection will be taken in parishes across the United States on either the weekend of September 6-7 or the following weekend of September 13-14.”

Archbishop Joseph Kurtz  of Louisville, President of the USCCB, recently wrote to President Obama expressing his concern for the plight of Christians in the Middle East.

(From archive of Vatican Radio)