DEAR CATHOLIC ONLINE: Keep it free, keep it going

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LOS ANGELES, CA (August 22, 2014) - Recently, our volume has been off the charts with the outpouring of news from Syria, especially regarding the genocide of Christians in northern Iraq and Syria. We are proud to say that we may be the only mainstream, Catholic media outlet willing to bring you the truth of this evil as it unfolds.

We are also heavily invested in supporting the victims of these atrocities. We are committed to a sustained campaign of 'Prayer and Action' as called by Pope Francis. That campaign involves substantial charitable giving to the poor, to Catholic schools, and to victims of genocide and other humanitarian disasters.

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Recently, we have been compelled to make several infrastructure improvements to Catholic Online because of the massive increase in demand for our coverage, but those improvements come at a cost.

You may have helped Your Catholic Voice Foundation (YCVF) send aid to victims of Christian genocide in Iraq. We want to remind readers that those funds are not used to support Catholic Online and YCVF has no paid employees. Those funds are being used to help save people from genocide.

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