Tag: Holy Land
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.
Patriarch Twal’s Homily at Co-ordination Closing Mass in Jerusalem
Your Excellencies, dear brothers, sisters, and friends of the Holy Land Coordination, today, we come to worship together here at the very heart of Christianity, as you prepare to return to your countries. It is because of this place, ultimately, that the Church of Jerusalem calls herself “Mother Church”. Two years ago in this very…
Address: Latin Patriarch opens the 2011 Holy Land Co-ordination
Your Excellency Archbishop Antonio Franco, Apostolic Delegate to Israel and Palestinian Authorities, Your Excellencies, Bishops and Representatives of Catholic Bishops Conferences, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends, We welcome you all, and we thank you for being faithful towards Jerusalem and the Mother Church. Your participation and your commitment towards strengthening the Mother Church, and your…
Holy Land Co-ordination
The Most Rev Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool and Vice-President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, will lead the 2008 meeting of the Co-ordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church of the Holy Land (Holy Land Co-ordination) which starts on Saturday 12th January in Jerusalem. Along with Bishops and Episcopal…
Bishops from across Europe and North America visit Holy Land
Joining Archbishop Kelly from England and Wales will be Bishop Christopher Budd, from Plymouth diocese, and Bishop William Kenney, Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham.
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…
Vatican Radio interview with Archbishop Kelly: Support for the Holy Land
26th January 2007 Q: The group officially known as the Co-ordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church in the Holy Land has just returned from their 7th trip to the Holy Land. The group was set up in 1998 by the Holy See. Could you highlight the activities and experiences of the previous…
Statement issued by Archbishop Patrick Kelly in support of the Churches of the Holy Land
Today I am offering the third of a triduum of Masses to pray for the pilgrimage beginning today of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster; Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian, Primate of the Armenian Church of Great Britain and Rev David Coffey, Free Churches Moderator. This journey of prayer and…
Archbishop Patrick Kelly meets King Abdullah II of Jordan
The Most Reverend Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool and Vice-President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, today met His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan. The Archbishop was in Jordan for the 2006 meeting of the Co-ordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church of the Holy Land. The Co-ordination is…
Archbishop Kelly visits the Holy Land
The Most Reverend Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool and Vice President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, will be visiting the Holy Land from today, Wednesday 11 January 2006, to Thursday 19 January 2006. He will be taking part in a meeting of Catholic Bishops representing countries which have been involved in…