The Churches from all round the world will focus their attention on their “Mother Church”, the church of the first Christians, in Jerusalem as they observe the Week of Prayer for Christian…
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Alleluia! Christ is Risen. He is Risen Indeed. Alleluia! We, the Heads of the Churches in the Land of the Holy One, share with you the Good News of the life of…
Here is the letter the prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, sent to the bishops regarding the collection for the Church in the Holy Land, which traditionally takes…
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…
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…
Last week on December 4th, Cardinal John Foley, the cardinal protector of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, delivered an address at a conference at the Norwegian School of Theology in…
Hope for the Holy Land is a weekend festival – “Celebrating Palestinian Christianity” – taking place 28-29 November in Pimlico, at Holy Apostles Church Hall, Cumberland Street, London SW1V 4LY. There will…
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…
The Pope and some of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs and Major Archbishops at the Twelfth Episcopal Synod in Rome in October 2008 The Melkite Patriarchal Secretariat reports, 19 September 2009: On 18…
Speaking in Westminster Cathedral Hall on September 8th 2009, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal addressed these words to a meeting of Aid to the Church in Need: “Dear brothers…