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September 16, 2014
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Bishop Richard E. Pates greets a group of nuns after celebrating Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the first afternoon of the visit. Photo by Jen Hardy/ Catholic Relief Services

Members of the USCCB’s 2014 peace pilgrimage to the Holy Land visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and say a mass for peace on the first afternoon of the visit. The peace pilgrimage is especially timely as it occurred 3 weeks after a ceasefire of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Photo by Jen Hardy/ Catholic Relief Services