Tag: Liverpool
Bishops celebrate Mass in Bethlehem Carmelite Convent founded by soon-to-be declared saint
The Carmel was founded by Mariam Baouardy – Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified. Sister Mariam, a Palestinian Discalced Carmelite nun of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, will soon be declared a saint. Last month, December 2014, Pope Francis issued a decree recognising the miracles needed for her canonisation. The Most Rev Patrick Kelly, Archbishop Emeritus…
International Bishops’ annual visit to the Holy Land
Liverpool Catholics and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre fund new youth centre in Nablus The Archbishop of Liverpool, Patrick Kelly, blessed and opened a youth centre in Nablus on Sunday 9 January, funded by Catholics in Liverpool and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. The Most Reverend Patrick Kelly is currently in the Holy…
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…
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 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…
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…
