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Bishop Declan Lang reflects on Holy Land Coordination from Jerusalem
Bishop Declan Lang, Chair of the Holy Land Coordination, spoke to us just before leaving Jerusalem about this year’s meeting. Listen Bishops and lay delegates visited the holy city of Jerusalem from 21 – 26 May to stand in solidarity with the local Christian communities and to express their support through the four Ps: Prayer,…
Bishops oppose unjust Israeli law
We stand in solidarity with the Holy Land’s Christian community and oppose the unjust Nation State Law passed by the Israeli Knesset earlier this year. As the local Catholic ordinaries explained in their recent statement, this law creates a constitutional and legal basis for discriminatory treatment of Israel’s citizens on both ethnic and religious grounds.…
Statement from Bishop Declan Lang and Bishop Christopher Chessun on recent violence in Gaza
These protests take place against the drastically deteriorating humanitarian situation which leaves little hope and continues to undermine a peaceful resolution. Hundreds of families across Gaza are now mourning their loved ones, dead and wounded. Israel has a right to defend itself but also has the moral and legal responsibility not to use disproportionate force…
Bishops meet with students at Jewish School in Jerusalem
Hello and greetings from Jerusalem. I’m Bishop Bill Nolan, Bishop of Galloway in Scotland and I’m here in Jerusalem with the Holy Land Co-ordination and we’re visiting the Christian community here. This year we’re concentrating on the young people and on education and so today in contrast to yesterday, when we went to a Palestinian…
Bishops meet with students at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University
Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem where we’re here with the Holy Land Co-ordination. Our focus this year is on young people and we had a wonderful meeting this afternoon (15 January 2018) at the Hebrew University with a number of young students – law students who have a passion for human rights and…
Canadian Bishop comments on his visit to schools in the Holy Land
Good day. I’m here with the Holy Land Co-ordination and the second day of our visit was dedicated to education. This morning we visited the offices of the people in charge of all the schools for the Latin Patriarchate – schools in Israel but mainly in Jordan and Palestine. I would say it’s really impressive how…
South African Archbishop talks about the Holy Land Co-ordination visit to Gaza
Greetings! I am Steven Breslin, the Catholic Archbishop of the Diocese of Cape Town in South Africa. The Holy Land Coordination is a group of Bishops who come to the Holy Land every year in January. This year, we are 13 bishops from various different countries and our aim, of course, is to give support and…
Hope for the future in the Holy Land
Bishops from across Europe, North America and South Africa will meet in the Holy Land over the coming days to promote dialogue and peace, while meeting young people. This annual visit was set up 20 years ago at the invitation of the Holy See with the aim of visiting and supporting the Holy Land’s local…
Bishop Lang gives thanks for Patriarch’s faithful and dedicated service in the Holy Land
On the occasion of your 50th anniversary of Priestly Service, it is an opportunity to give thanks to God for your faithful and dedicated ministry to the people you have served for many years. We continue to pray that “God who has begun the good work in you will bring it to fulfilment.”
Holy Land Christians: Call for Solidarity
The Cardinal and Archbishop were returning from the Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) which had been meeting in Galilee and Jerusalem at the invitation of His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Bishop Lang urges Israeli authorities to stop construction of Separation Wall in Cremisan Valley
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has condemned the move and has called on the Israeli authorities to down tools and await the decision of the Supreme Court on a petition submitted by the families of the Valley a few days ago.
Bishop Declan Lang: Delight at the Cremisan Valley Final Judgement
The proposed wall through the Cremisan valley threatened to separate the nineteenth century Salesian monasteries and a convent school. The Court has instructed the Israeli government to plan a new route, although it has set no time frame for the new plans. I am against all walls that separate communities from each other, let…
