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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Dear brothers and sisters! Today I wish to reflect on my apostolic journey to Cyprus, which in many aspects is in continuity with my preceding trips to the Holy Land and Malta.…
This is the address Benedict XVI delivered on June 5th 2010 at a meeting with the Catholic community of Cyprus, held at the sports field of St. Maron primary school, Nicosia. *…
This address was delivered on May 13 2012 in Jerusalem by Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The synod on the Middle East will take place in Rome…
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…
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…
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…
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…