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by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Jordan, News | 0 |
The patriarchs and leaders of Christian churches in Jerusalem praised Jordan’s King Abdullah II for turning a spotlight on what they say is “the deteriorating situation of Christian basic human rights” in the city and throughout the Holy Land.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 11, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, cooking, Iraqi refugees, Jordan, News | 0 |
St. Joseph’s Church has married Italian cuisine with Iraqi skill to provide unique training opportunities to young refugees who escaped religious persecution and sectarian violence in their homeland.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, Jerusalem, Jordan, News | 0 |
Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania were honored May 9 with the annual Path to Peace Award from the foundation that supports the work of the Vatican Mission to the United Nations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 15, 2021 | Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan, News, Palestine | 0 |
Christian leaders in the Holy Land have asked for “an urgent dialogue” with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders “to ensure that no citizen or institution has to live under threat of violence or intimidation.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 5, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Christian-Muslim relations, Church in Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Jordan, News | 0 |
Spearheaded by Jordan’s Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, a group of Arab and international scholars, thinkers and religious figures — Muslim and Christian — have launched a global appeal to protect worshippers and places of worship.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 7, 2021 | Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Featured, Jordan, Local News, News, St. John the Baptist Catholic School | 0 |
More than 350 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 27 to celebrate completion of a build-out that will eventually house a new middle school at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Jordan. In addition to tours of the school, people were invited to enjoy food trucks, a petting zoo and other entertainment for children.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 3, 2021 | Egypt, Haifa, Holy Family icon, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Nazareth, News, Patriarch Younan, Picks, Pilgrimage, Syria, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The pilgrimage of the icon of the Holy Family of Divine Will of Unity and Peace has begun. The icon, written by Melkite Father Samir Rouhana of St. Elias Parish near Haifa, Israel, will be in Lebanon for a month.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 11, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, lead, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Refugees | 0 |
Imagine fleeing your home in the middle of the night to escape anti-Christian violence, spending years stranded as a refugee in a neighboring country, and watching the pope visit your home city.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 24, 2021 | Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, Brazil, Coronavirus, COVDI-19, Jordan, lead, News, Pontifical Academy for Life, Vaccines, Vatican | 0 |
As vaccine distribution plans slow down throughout the North America and Europe due to a delay in production, the Vatican has called for equitable disbursement.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2021 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Baptism site of Jesus, Featured, Jordan, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s recognition of the official baptism site of Jesus in Jordan and said a new chapel on the opposite side of the river is purely touristic, not historic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 21, 2021 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Baptism of the Lord, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Jordan, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, News | 0 |
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s recognition of the official baptism site of Jesus in Jordan and said a new chapel on the opposite side of the river is purely touristic, not historic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jordan, Middle East, News, Palestine, West Bank | 0 |
Jordan’s prime minister says the kingdom would look “positively” on the creation of a binational state that guarantees equal rights to Israelis and Palestinians if Israel’s proposed annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank closes the door on a two-state solution.
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