ARCHDIOCESE FOR THE MILITARY SERVICES, USA
News Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/24/2013
Archbishop Timothy Broglio gives homily at the Church
of St. Catherine
BETHLEHEM—During a Christmas Mass
at the Church
of St. Catherine in Bethlehem, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy
P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, called on Holy
Land pilgrims to remember why Christ was born—to assure human salvation. The
archbishop celebrated the Mass on November 27, 2013 during a weeklong
pilgrimage by nearly three dozen members of the Archdiocese for the Military
Services (AMS).
The pilgrimage was timed to coincide with the end of the Year
of Faith, the 13-month period from Oct. 11, 2012 to Nov. 24, 2013 declared
by Pope
Benedict XVI to summon Catholics the world over to conversion and a deeper
relationship with Jesus Christ.
Archbishop Broglio said:
