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NEW YORK – Echoing the call of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, the U.S. Bishops are calling for a day of fasting, abstinence and prayer on Oct. 17 for peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land amid a rapidly escalating war between Israel and Hamas.
“On behalf of all the Ordinaries of the Holy Land, I invite all parishes and religious communities to a day of fasting and prayer for peace and reconciliation,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaball, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, announced in an Oct. 11 statement.
“We ask that on Tuesday, Oct. 17, everyone hold a day of fasting, abstinence, and prayer,” Pizzaballa said. “Let us organize prayer times with Eucharistic adoration and with the recitation of the Rosary to Our Blessed Virgin Mary.”
The U.S. Bishops Conference reposted the statement Oct. 12, asking U.S. Catholics to participate.
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“On behalf of all the Ordinaries of the Holy Land, I invite all parishes and religious communities to a day of fasting and prayer for peace and reconciliation,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaball, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, announced in an Oct. 11 statement.
“We ask that on Tuesday, Oct. 17, everyone hold a day of fasting, abstinence, and prayer,” Pizzaballa said. “Let us organize prayer times with Eucharistic adoration and with the recitation of the Rosary to Our Blessed Virgin Mary.”
The U.S. Bishops Conference reposted the statement Oct. 12, asking U.S. Catholics to participate.
Continued below.
US bishops echo call from Jerusalem Patriarch to pray for peace Oct. 17
Echoing the call of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, the U.S. Bishops are calling for a day of fasting, abstinence and prayer on October 17 for peace and reconciliation in Israel.
