Israel
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U.S. bishops pray for peace following Hamas’ attack on Israel
By MARIA WIERING, OSV News
Published October 9, 2023Several U.S. bishops called for prayers for peace following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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In destroyed Israeli village, exiled residents unite at the church
By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY, Catholic News Service
Published April 16, 2015IQRIT, Israel (CNS)—For the elders of Iqrit, their biggest regret in life is not having been able to raise their children together. On April 13, they congregated with the younger generations in the old Church of St. Mary for Easter Monday Mass in this destroyed Melkite village perched on a sloping hill in Western Galilee. […]
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Holy Land Journey Highlights Vital Christian Presence
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 5, 2007Some Catholic schools in the land of Christ’s birth now have majority Muslim enrollment, as the Christian population declines. While gladly educating Muslim youth to be moral citizens, the Catholic Church in Israel and in the Palestinian territory is most concerned with stabilizing the beleaguered Arabic-speaking, Palestinian Christian population. To that end, the church is […] Full Story
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Sacred Bethlehem Church Linked To Roswell Parish
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published April 5, 2007In the heart of Bethlehem is St. Catherine’s Church, where Christmas Eve Mass is broadcast around the world. The church of 2,400 families is staffed by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, the official Catholic custodians of Christian shrines. The building incorporates remnants of its 12th century predecessor. One chapel is dedicated to St. […]
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Journalists Travel As Pilgrims To Holy Land Sites
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published March 29, 2007Descend from the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem on the “Passover Walk,” the route Jesus took to enter the city before He was crucified, and meditate in the Garden of Gethsemane by the ancient, gnarled olive trees where Jesus anguished before his arrest. Then prayerfully walk the Stations of the Cross up the streets of […] Full Story