RADIO VATICANA REPORT/IMAGE: It was announced on Saturday Pope Benedict XVI has given $100,000 (US) for the charitable work of the local Church in Syria. The Holy Father has repeatedly appealed for the end of violence in Syria, and has called for dialogue and reconciliation between the those involved in the conflict, in view of peace and the common good.
The donation was made through the Pontifical Council ‘Cor Unum’. Monsignor Giampietro Dal Toso, the Secretary of the Council, was scheduled to meet with the Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Gregorios III Laham, President of the Catholic Hierarchy in Syria, and other representatives of the local Church on Saturday, at which time he was scheduled to present the donation of the Holy Father.
The Catholic Church is active in charitable work throughout Syria, especially in the area of Homs and Aleppo.
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