Tag: christian-jewish

Zenit Interview with Patriarch Antonios of the Catholic Copts

Interview With Patriarch Antonios Naguib By Michaela Koller ROME, MARCH 30, 2010, thanks to Zenit.org The slaying of six Orthodox Christians leaving a Christmas Eve Mass in Egypt has wounded Christians’ sense…

Special Synod for the Middle East

Zenit.org carries here the Lineamenta, or Guidelines, now agreed for the Special Synod on the Catholic Churches in the Middle East, which will take place in October 2010. The theme will be…

Synod on the Middle East, October 2010

Archbishop Nikola Eterovic Preparations continue for next October’s special synod on the Middle East. The working document is nearing completion and emphasizes communion within the Church. The pre-synodal council met in late…

New Charity: Friends of the Holy Land

The Friends of the Holy Land, a new Charity set up to support the Christians in the Holy Land, was launched last weekend, 14-15 November, in the two Archdioceses of Birmingham and…

Middle East Synod – Pre-Synodal Council

The Melkite Patriarchal Secretariat announces: Two days of meetings were held, 20-21 September 2009, in the Headquarters of the Bishops’ Synod in Rome to prepare the Synod for the Middle East previously…

Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue Kraków, September 6–8, 2009

Valerie Chamberlain write: More than five hundred leaders of the world’s great religions, together with political leaders and scholars gathered in Kraków from September 6 to 8 at the invitation of the…

In the Holy Land there is room for everyone

The Vatican Information Service reports, 12 May 2009: Today Benedict XVI travelled to the Valley of Josaphat, located in front of the Basilica of Gethsemane and the Mount of Olives, where he…