Bishop David Zubik has asked all people of faith to join a worldwide effort to pray for peace in the Middle East on Tuesday, October 17.
The day of prayer is a response to a request from Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with all the hierarchy of the Holy Land, and people throughout the world to observe a day of fasting, abstinence, and prayer tomorrow.
As Cardinal Pizzaballa wrote, “This is the way we all come together despite everything and unite collectively in prayer to deliver to God the Father our thirst for peace, justice and reconciliation.”
In Pittsburgh, interfaith prayers to end the violence in Israel and Gaza will also be central to the service for “Healing, Solidarity, and Prayers for Peace,” held on Sunday, October 22, 2023 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Saint Paul Cathedral, 108 North Dithridge Street, Pittsburgh 15213.
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