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by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Palestinians | 0 |
Israel’s parliament is set to vote Monday on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Arab citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 13, 2021 | Gaza, Israel, Israel-Palestinian violence, Israelis, Justice, News, Palestinians, peace, U.S. & World News, Violence in Jerusalem and Gaza | 0 |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called on Israelis and Palestinians to end the violence in Jerusalem and Gaza that has claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds of people injured.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 13, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Palestinians | 0 |
Since early May 11, Israeli bombs have been falling around the Rosary Sisters school in Gaza, which sustained light to moderate damage inside and outside the compound — including to the front door and solar panels used for electricity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 8, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, News, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Palestinians, West Bank | 0 |
Palestinian women are using spikenard — mentioned in several places in the Gospels as “nard” — as well as rose, jasmine, honey, ambra and other essential oils to infuse candles — and help support their families.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 6, 2020 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Bethlehem, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christmas, Church in the Middle East, Church of the Nativity, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Holy Land, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, News, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Palestinians, West Bank | 0 |
It will be a quiet and subdued Christmas this year in Bethlehem, with almost 7,000 people involved in the tourism sector out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Bethlehem Mayor Anton Salman.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 6, 2020 | Associated Press, Bethlehem, Christmas, Christmas tree, Church in the Middle East, Church of the Nativity, Holy Land, News, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Palestinians, West Bank | 0 |
Only a few dozen people attended the lighting of the Christmas tree in the biblical city of Bethlehem on Saturday night, as coronavirus restrictions scaled back the annual event that is normally attended by thousands.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 20, 2020 | Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy See diplomacy, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Palestinians, Vatican, West Bank | 0 |
The Holy See is concerned about an Israeli plan to unilaterally annex a large portion of land in the West Bank, said a Vatican statement.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Committee on International Justice and Peace, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Palestinians, Trump administration, USCCB | 0 |
President Donald Trump’s proposed Mideast peace plan deserves “serious consideration,” but “the Israelis and the Palestinians are the only ones who can resolve the differences and agree on a common resolution to the chronic impasse,” said a representative of the U.S. bishops.
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