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2017 Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection to Be Held on First World Day of the Poor
October 31, 2017
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following news release:

The annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) will be held in most parishes the weekend of November 18-19, on the celebration of the First World Day of the Poor instituted by Pope Francis.

In his statement establishing the World Day of the Poor on the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Pope Francis called for Christian communities to mark t . . .

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