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Jerusalem Patriarch announces day of prayer, fasting for peace

October 13, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has announced a day of prayer and fasting for peace in his Patriarchate.

“We ask that on Tuesday, October 17, everyone hold a day of fasting, abstinence, and prayer,” he said. “Let us organize prayer times with Eucharistic adoration and with the recitation of the Rosary to Our Blessed Virgin Mary.”

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  • Posted by: judah2134051 - Oct. 15, 2023 11:08 AM ET USA

    If someone would. I am asking that a delegation of Christians, Jews and Muslins go to Mt. Zion and pray for peace in the Holy Land

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