ICC Note:  Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization, donated one million dollars to help persecuted Iraqi and Syrian Christians during Easter. The organization has been assisting persecuted Christians in the area and last year they donated over one million dollars’ worth of food supplies.

3/28/2018 Iraq (Christian Post) – The world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization gave over $1 million to help persecuted Iraqi and Syrian Christians as they celebrate the Holy Week and reflect on the resurrection and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

The United States-based Knights of Columbus announced Tuesday that it had transferred the funds to church leaders in Iraq and Syria.

A total of $500,000 was given to support a food program run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil — the church body that has aided thousands of displaced Christians since the Islamic State took over large swaths of the Nineveh Plain in 2014 and as they resettle in their battered hometowns after the liberation.

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