Tag: Christian
Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination call for peace after killings in Gaza’s Holy Family parish
Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination have issued a statement after two Christian women were killed in a sniper attack on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza on 16 December 2023. Holy Land Coordination Statement The Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination were profoundly shocked and distressed at the killing by snipers on 16…
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 to visit the Holy Land in support of local Christians
The Theme of the Holy Land Coordination this year is: “Christians in Israel; challenges and opportunities.”
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.…
Cardinal’s letter on Jerusalem and Christians of the Holy Land
Following your letter to President Donald Trump, of 6 December 2017, and on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, I wish to express my solidarity with you and all Christians in the Middle East at this troubling time. We count ourselves among those who ‘love Jerusalem’ and ‘have every will to work…
Bishops visit vulnerable Christians of the Middle East
Gaza On Thursday 7 January, the Bishops will visit the small Christian community in Gaza, celebrating mass at the parish of the Holy Family; they will then meet with parishioners, visit the school of the Holy Rosary Sisters and various other projects helping people to rebuild their lives following the most recent conflict in 2014.
Palestinian President meets Christian leaders
Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, today met with representatives of Christian Churches in the UK, led by the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Revd Patrick Kelly, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Revd David Arnott. The meeting, which…
Pope’s representative calls for dialogue in the Holy Land
Pope Benedict XVI’s representative at the Holy Land Conference taking place at Lambeth Palace has urged the region’s Christians, Jews and Muslims to dialogue towards a shared future: “History, like religion, teaches us that there is only one future: a shared future,” said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Holy See’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious…
Pilgrims urge prayer for the ‘little town of Bethlehem’
Church leaders in England are asking parish churches and congregations throughout the country to pray for ‘the little town of Bethlehem’ as they approach the final week of Advent – the Church’s season of preparation for the celebration of the birth of the Christ child. This request comes in the context of an ecumenical pilgrimage…
Church leaders to make a pilgrimage to Bethlehem
Christian leaders have called for prayers throughout Advent for Christians in the Holy Land as they prepare for a pilgrimage to the birth place of Jesus Christ. The four heads of Churches will undertake the pilgrimage in solidarity with Christians living in the Holy Land in the week leading up to Christmas. The pilgrimage is…
