Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The problems and conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians will end only when we recognize the crucial role of religion in the peace process, because “we cannot indeed claim…
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By Sonja Corbitt, http://www.catholic.org, Posted 2014-02-07 02:53 GMT NASHVILLE, TN — “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24). Although it has fallen largely on deaf…
The Bethlehem Icon School, established by our friend the iconographer Ian Knowles of Elias Icons, has been making great progress in teaching, reviving and ensuring the future of the Holy Land’s indigenous…
From Terrasanta.net : (Milan/e.p.) – So far this year, anti-Christian graffiti was sprayed on the walls of a Catholic institution in Jerusalem, and three synagogues and a mosque were attacked and vandalized.…
Chiara Cruciati writes: After going through the door of the Armenian Convent, a world in itself opens up before the eyes of the lucky visitor. It is a place apart, separate from…
The Apostolic Nunciature in Israel announced yesterday that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Elias Chacour, Archbishop of the Greek Melkite Archeparchy of Akka, Haifa, Nazareth and the Galilee. The…
COMMUNIQUE – Here below is the Final Comunique for the 2014 Holy Land Coordination issued by the Bishops participating in the Holy Land Coordination meeting on January 11 to 16, 2014. Bishops…
Jamie Dettmer, of The Daily Beast, writes: The Vatican announced last week that Pope Francis will visit the Middle East in May, 50 years after Paul VI’s historic visit—but will any Christians…
Vatican City ( AsiaNews ) – Pope Francis will be in the Holy Land May 24 to 26 , to commemorate the “historic meeting” between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras .…
Italian craftsmen have won the Palestinian Authority’s tender to repair the 4th-century church and Unesco heritage site, writes Matthew Kalman in Bethlehem, The Guardian, Monday 23 December 2013 Italian craftsmen have begun…