Be a Witness of Charity with the Peter’s Pence Collection

WASHINGTON—Theannual Peter's Pence collection will be taken in many dioceses across theUnited States the weekend of July 1-2. Funds from this collection support PopeFrancis' charitable outreach to the suffering and marginalized around theworld.

"ThePeter's Pence collection is a tangible way to be a witness of the tendernessand mercy of God," said Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile, Alabama, chairmanof the USCCB Committee on National Collections. "We join our brothers andsisters in the United States and around the world to support Pope Francis as hecares for those most in need."

ThePeter's Pence collection is taken up worldwide to help Pope Francis provide reliefto victims of war, religious persecution, and natural disasters. Moreinformation about the collection can be found at www.usccb.org/ppc and shareableresources for the collection can be accessed at www.usccb.org/ppc/collection.

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Keywords: Peter's Pence, National Collections, USCCB, U.S.bishops, Pope Francis, pope, Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi, charity, poor,suffering, war, oppression, natural disaster

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