Jerusalem
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Praying, and hoping, for peace in Jerusalem’s Old City
By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY, Catholic News Service
Published October 30, 2015JERUSALEM (CNS)—Following a week that included Palestinians stabbing Israelis, bloody clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces, and despair rising on both sides, the parishioners of St. Saviour Church in the Old City of Jerusalem came to Mass Oct. 19 to pray, mainly for peace. “We are very tired,” said Margaret Injak, 63, who […]
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Aid official says Gazans have lost hope, situation worse than during war
By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY, Catholic News Service
Published March 5, 2015JERUSALEM (CNS)—Six months after the end of the most recent war in Gaza, there is still a “grave humanitarian crisis” in the narrow strip wedged between the Egyptian and Israeli borders, where more than 1.8 million Palestinians live closed off to the world because of an international embargo. Following a visit to the area at […]
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In Holy Land, pope reaches out to Muslims, Jews
By FRANCIS X. ROCCA, Catholic News Service
Published May 29, 2014JERUSALEM (CNS)—Pope Francis spent the last morning of his three-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land meeting with Muslims and Jews and calling for closer relations among the three major monotheistic religions as the basis for peace in the region. At his first appearance May 26, Pope Francis toured the Dome of the Rock on the […]
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Fifty years later, pope and patriarch meet again in Jerusalem
By FRANCIS X. ROCCA, Catholic News Service
Published May 29, 2014JERUSALEM (CNS)—Half a century after a historic encounter between their predecessors, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met in the same place to seek inspiration for Christian unity at the site of Christ’s death and resurrection. “We need to believe that, just as the stone before the tomb was cast aside, so, too, every obstacle […]