Free Syrian Army fighters chat as they stand near a damaged building in Aleppo Sept. 3. Two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged U.S. Catholics to take up Pope Francis’ call to fast and pray for peace in Syria, the Middle East and the world Sept. 7. (CNS photo/Hamid Khatib, Reuters) (Sept. 3, 2013) See SYRIA-USCCB and POPE-VIGIL Sept. 3, 2013.