FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2013

CARDINAL DOLAN’S REMARKS FROM MASS FOR KIDNAPPED SYRIAN BISHOPS

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, offered mass this morning, Thursday, May 2, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral (5th Avenue and 51st Street) for the safety and well-being of Greek Orthodox Bishop Paul Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox Bishop John Ibrahim who were recently kidnapped in Syria. Orthodox and Catholics leaders joined him in praying for the speedy return of the two kidnapped prelates.  An audio copy of his remarks can be found here. http://blog.archny.org/index.php/mass-for-syrian-bishops-audio/.