Tag: Prayer
Cardinal asks for prayers for people of Gaza and offers support to the territory’s small Catholic community
Cardinal Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has visited the Catholic parish in Gaza and is keen that they should not be forgotten at this desperate time. In a statement today, 16 May, he said: “Today I have had a phone conversation with Fr Mario da Silva, the Catholic parish…
Bishops call for action after fifty years of occupation in the Holy Land
For fifty years the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza have languished under occupation, violating the human dignity of both Palestinians and Israelis.
Catholics and Anglicans hold an hour of prayer to support Pope’s visit to the Holy Land
Catholics and Anglicans will unite in prayer at the very hour that Pope Francis will visit the Christians of Bethlehem on Sunday 25 May between 3pm and 4pm (UK time). Cardinal Nichols said: “Many of our Catholic parishes will hold an hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament at exactly the time when Pope Francis…
Holy Land Co-ordination Final Communiqué 2013
Since the Bishops of the Holy Land Co-ordination gathered in January 2012, the people in this region have lived through dark and dramatic events…
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 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…
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 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…
