Bishops: Despite meeting online, they can show solidarity with Holy Land
- Jan 20, 2021
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Family tradition: Carrying the cross on Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa
- Apr 8, 2019
For four decades, Mousa Kamar has taken his place at the head of the heavy wooden cross used during the Franciscan Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa.
To help Syrian refugees, get to roots of war, Melkite archbishop tells EU
- Apr 5, 2019
Aside from humanitarian assistance for Syrian refugees and concrete efforts to help them return to their homeland, the international community should work toward eradicating the roots of wars and violence, an archbishop from Lebanon told members of a political party holding the largest number of seats in the European Parliament.
Franciscans give Jordan’s king award for his peace, dialogue work
- Mar 29, 2019
Jordan’s King Abdullah II urged greater cooperation to take on serious challenges worldwide as he was awarded a top Catholic peace prize by the Conventual Franciscans of the Sacred Convent of Assisi in central Italy.
Catholics urged to support Middle East Christians on Good Friday
- Mar 28, 2019
Iraqis and Syrians returning to their homelands and refugees living abroad need the help of all Catholics and people of goodwill, said the Congregation for Eastern Churches.
Jesus broke religious barriers, Brother Alois tells Christians, Muslims
- Mar 28, 2019
Amid all the violence of the world, religions must be factors of peace, Brother Alois Leser, prior of the Taize community, told Christian and Muslim young adults from 43 countries.
Ancient West Bank site draws Christians, and controversy
- Mar 27, 2019
Deep in the West Bank, Israeli settlers have transformed an archaeological site into a biblical tourist attraction that attracts tens of thousands of evangelical Christians each year.
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