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September 30, 2014

Syrian priest says church carries on its ministry to people amid strife

Local residents stand next to the debris of a house hit by a mortar shell from the Syrian side of the border in Alanyurt village near the Turkish-Syrian border Sept. 29. A Syrian priest on a U.S. mission trip says amid ongoing death and destruction in th e Middle East, the Catholic Church continues to provide spiritual and material support for those in need.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - After telling parishioners and students in the religious education program at Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. James Parish about what is happening in Syria, Father Rodrigo Miranda was impressed that a 13-year-old girl was one of the first to respond.

Published in International