By Currents News
The faithful from Brooklyn and Queens remembered their brothers and sisters suffering around the world at St. Rose of Lima Church in Kensington during the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Lenten Pilgrimage.
They paid tribute to persecuted Christians with a Mass celebrated by Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan.
It’s part of the “Courage in Faith” initiative organized by the papal charity “Aid to the Church in Need.” Every year, the week before Holy Week, the organization looks to modern-day Christian martyrs and those facing persecution.
Bishop Brennan said the Mass was a chance for the pilgrims of Brooklyn and Queens to “come together in a sense of solidarity and a sense of awareness.”