Tag: Gaza
Bishops tell Christians of Gaza “You are not alone”
Bishops from Europe and North America celebrated mass with the Catholic community in Gaza on the Feast of the Lord’s Baptism, 8 January, as they started this year’s Holy Land Coordination in support of the local Church. The Christian community of Gaza is made up of 2,500 people, of whom Catholics number around 300, in…
New hopes for region as Holy Land Coordination starts in Jerusalem
Bishops from across Europe and North America will meet in Jerusalem this weekend for the annual meeting of the Holy Land Coordination at a time of considerable political and social change in the region. This year the Bishops of the Coordination will meet local Christians across the Holy Land, with parish visits to Gaza, Nablus…
A Pledge of Prayer, A Call for Pilgrimage and A Commitment to Pursue a Just Peace
This year we have had a particular focus on meeting with all Christian Confessions. Our calling as Christians is to build bridges and our shared hope is to bring all Christians together in the search for a just peace for all in this land.
Communiqué: Stop the Violence, Start Building Peace
There can be no peace unless people believe in peace. There can be no security unless there is security for all. There can be no justice unless there is justice for everyone in this land.
Archbishop of Liverpool calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Archbishop Patrick Kelly, speaking from Bethlehem where he is leading the Holy Land Co-ordination, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Sunday morning. “There needs to be an immediate ceasefire to allow humanitarian relief through. There is an urgent need for humanitarian relief for the population of Gaza. Violence is evil, especially when it…
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem condemns Gaza violence
In an impassioned address yesterday at the conclusion of an annual children’s procession to Bethlehem, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal condemned “the violence in the Middle East and in a special way the attacks in the Gaza Strip. In two weeks these attacks have hurt Israel and the region more than all the rockets…
Archbishop of Liverpool calls for an end to violence in Gaza
The Most Rev Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool, has today written to the parish priest of Gaza to express his prayerful support and to call for an end to violence in the region. In a letter to Mgr Manuel Musallam, Archbishop Kelly says: “We may not remain silent and must call on everyone to place…
Archbishop of Liverpool sends a letter of prayerful support to the Christian community in Gaza
The Most Rev Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool, has today sent a letter expressing prayerful support to Fr Musallam and the Christian community in Gaza. Full Text Dear Father Musallam, Reading the account in the Acts of the Apostles of Philip’s journey from Jerusalem towards Gaza, and his evangelising of Jesus, based on the suffering…
Archbishop Patrick Kelly on the 2007 Holy Land Co-ordination
Revolution in Relationships Perceptions of the Holy Land are often polarized between Biblical stories of 2,000 years ago and the modern media’s reports of violence and conflict. Between these poles are the Israelis and Palestinians of today: Christians, Jews and Muslims, who live here now. Every year the Holy Land Co-ordination, a group of Bishops…