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As the death toll from last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria continues to inexorably to rise, the national Directorates of the Pontifical Mission Societies , have launched a special collection to provide immediate relief to survivors, responding to Pope Francis’s call for solidarity with the people of the two neighbouring countries.
The Catholic missionary organizations, also known as Missio, include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Society of St. Peter the Apostle, the Holy Childhood Association and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. According to Fides agency, the proceeds of the collection carried out by the national PMSs will be managed through Archbishop Emilio Nappa, President of PMS, in coordination with of the PMS Directorates of Turkey and Syria who know the most urgent needs on the ground.“My message would be a call to prayer and generosity in the following times Franciscan Father Adrian E.
PMS-Australia is among the first national Directorates to have launched emergency earthquake appeals for Turkey and Syria, along with Switzerland, France, Spain, Malta and the United States."The situation in Aleppo today is catastrophic, we are surrounded by chaos and desolation", said Bishop Mounir Saccal, national director of PMS in Syria and Vicar General of the Syro-Catholic Church in Aleppo.
“Help us so that our Christian faithful who have remained continue to stay here, to preserve ‘the cradle’ of Christianity, and pray, that we have the strength to give comfort to our people, so that they can find faith and hope for better days.", he appealedAccording to the latest estimates, so far over 40,000 people have been killed by the magnitude 7.
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