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Filipino priests donate to Haiti quake victims |
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Written by http://www.cathnewsphil.com
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 00:00 |
FILIPINO priests who are gathered this week in Manila for their five-day retreat congress donated about a million pesos for the earthquake victims in Haiti.
The collected amount, which is estimated to reach a million pesos, will be sent to Haiti, which was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake early this month.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines earlier urged parishes across the country to conduct a second collection in all Masses on January 24 for Haitian relief efforts.
CBCP president Nereo Odchimar said the tragedy that devastated Haiti calls on the public to help the people affected by the killer earthquake. |