On Good Friday, the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, whose President is Cardinal Robert Sarah, will send the money raised during the evening Mass celebrated by the Pope on Holy Thursday to Caritas Syria, which will use it to assist Syrian refugees and victims of war.

Patriarch Gregorios III, speaking during the Divine Liturgy held on Palm Sunday, thanked the Holy Father for his love to Syria and all its people. Syrian television also broadcast thanks from the Syrian Government to Pope Benedict XVI.

Sources: http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/world-news/detail/articolo/siria-syria-13999/ , http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=31280&lan=engand H.B. Patriarch Gregorios III