US bishops grant $3.5M to Church in Caribbean

March 27, 2012

The Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced that it is granting $3.5 million to assist the Church in four Caribbean nations. According to Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, $3.1 million was allotted to help rebuild parishes, convents, and rectories damaged or destroyed by the Haitian earthquake.

 

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Further information:

• Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America Announces Grants to Caribbean Region as Pope Visits Cuba (USCCB)