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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 | Sep 24, 2022 | Archeology, Church in the Middle East, Exodus, Holy Land, Israel, lead, News | 0 |
An unprecedented archeological find in Israel is giving people a glimpse of burial customs during the time of Rameses II, often identified as the pharaoh in the Book of Exodus.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish, News, religious women | 0 |
Despite the ever-present tensions, Our Lady of Sion Sister Kasia Kowalska believes she has found her place as a conduit of dialogue within both the Jewish and Palestinian communities in the Holy Land.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | Feature1, Feature3, Holy Land, Local Church, News, Persecuted Christians | 0 |
The White House stated that Biden’s visit was to “stress the support to Christians who are facing challenges in the whole region.”
The post Biden Met with Christian Communities During His Recent Visit to the Holy Land appeared first on ZENIT – English.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Books, Catholic pilgrimages, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Jerusalem, lead, News | 0 |
As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic begin to ease, and people are allowed to travel again, the Holy Land is ready to welcome pilgrims again.
Read More“I can say that over the last years we have witnessesd, especially on the part of some Israeli extremist and radical fringes, an attempt to take advantage of the weakness of the Churches to appropriate strategic properties, in this case close to the Jaffa Gate in the Old City,” said the Patriarch.
The post Israeli Radicals Seek to Appropriate Properties of the Church, Alerts Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem appeared first on ZENIT – English.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2022 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, News | 0 |
The presence of the Christian community is indispensable to the identity of Jerusalem, considered holy by all three Abrahamic faiths, several European bishops said at the end of a visit to the Holy Land.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Jerusalem, journalism, lead, News | 0 |
Jerusalem’s Christian churches came together to condemn the scenes of Israeli police beating mourners during the funeral of a Palestinian-American journalist.
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 | Apr 26, 2022 | 2022, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Crusaders, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Judaism and Christianity, News, Orhtodox Easter, Passover, Pre-Constantinian Rome, Ramadan, Robert Royal, Robert Royal's "Riding the Waves of History", Rudyard Kipling's "Recessional", sites of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, St. Helena, The Catholic Thing, Western Easter Octave, “holy” war | 0 |
This is a special religious season. The Western Easter Octave ended Sunday, which was also Eastern Orthodox Easter. The Jewish…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 25, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, East Jerusalem, Easter, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, News, Orthodox Church | 0 |
Orthodox Christians celebrated their “Holy Fire” ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday against a backdrop of rising tensions with Israel.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 18, 2022 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Easter, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, News, Palestine | 0 |
The mystery of the Resurrection is difficult to understand or explain and can only be welcomed into one’s heart with trust and love, said Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.
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