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Holy Land:
In his thirteen Letters, St. Paul frequently mentions the generosity of the different Christian
communities that he set up in favor of the Mother Church: « it is a blessing to assist the faithful
of Jerusalem » (2 Cor 8,3-4). The Good Friday Collection for the benefit of the Holy Places is in
the keeping of this spirit. Since the Pastoral letter of Leo XIII dated December 26, 1887, all the
popes have prescribed as mandatory, throughout catholicity, the Collection for the Holy Places
of the Holy Land.
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