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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…
Bishops conclude their journey of faith, encounter and solidarity in the Holy Land
The Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination have released their final communiqué upholding the rightful place of the Christian community in Jerusalem’s identity. The group gathered in the Holy City from 21 – 26 May 2022. Final Communiqué ‘If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither’Psalm 137:5 Jerusalem is a Jewish city, a Christian…
CCEE-CEC Joint Committee ask for the respect of the Status Quo in Jerusalem
This letter of protest was signed by Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, All Palestine and Jordan Theophilos III, His Beatitude Nurhan Boghos Manoogian, Patriarch of the Apostolic Throne of St. James (Armenian) and Fr. Francesco Patton, OFM, Custos of the Holy Land. The two presidents wrote in their letter “Recognizing the steps that…
You are not forgotten
We take away our experiences and the stories that we have heard, and we are determined to give a voice to the voiceless.
Statement on Gaza from Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has issued a statement on the violence in Gaza pleading for an immediate truce and an “end to this carnage”.
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…
Bishops appeal for responsibility and leadership in the Holy Land
The Bishops, in their final communiqué of the 2012 Holy Land Coordination, assert that a mindset of being “pro-justice for all” is the route to a lasting peace
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.
Communiqué: Speaking a word of hope at a critical time for the Holy Land
Our first task as bishops and pastors was to offer our prayerful presence and encouragement to a suffering Church.
Bishop of Portsmouth responds to upsurge in violence against Christians in Iraq
The Chairman of the Department of International Affairs at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, the Rt Rev Crispian Hollis, has issued a statement in response to the escalating violence directed at Christians in Iraq: “It is with great sadness and alarm that we have seen a marked rise in the violence directed…
Breaking the hold of fear, anger and despair in the Holy Land
This was our seventh trip to the Holy Land to walk in solidarity with the local Church and its bishops, while supporting the search for a just peace.
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…
