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Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem

December 21, 2023

The following Christmas Message was released 21 December 2023 by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, in which they highlight the similarities between the current strife in the Holy Land and the events occurring more than two thousand years ago when Jesus was born: Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of

Cardinal Nichols ‘heartbroken’ over attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church that he knows personally

December 18, 2023

LEICESTER, Crux – Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of the UK’s Roman Catholics, says he is “heartbroken” over the attack on a Catholic compound in Gaza by the Israeli military that left two women dead. On 16 December, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, announced that an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) sniper killed

The plight of Christians in the Holy Land this Christmas

December 17, 2023

This editorial from the Catholic Herald reflects on the attack on Christians in Gaza yesterday. There is one part of the Church where the celebrations for Christmas have already been put on hold, and that is the Holy Land, where Church leaders encouraged Christians to curb the usual festivities and decorations out of respect for

Palestine envoy to Holy See calls on ‘Catholic world’ not to lose ‘hope’ and to remember ‘baby Jesus’ during Gaza conflict

December 13, 2023

ROME – As the war in Gaza drags on, Palestine’s Ambassador to the Holy See offered an update on the situation on the ground and praised the Vatican’s support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, saying it is the only path to a lasting peace. “If we talk about a durable and comprehensive

This war was foreseeable: unrest has been brewing in the Holy Land for months

October 11, 2023

Peace is often elusive in the Holy Land but the scale of the violence in the first six months of 2023 could have served as an indicator that this year would be the deadliest in more than two decades. By the beginning of June Israeli forces had killed at least 156 Palestinians across Israel, the

Parolin calls for coexistence with Palestinians as Israel presses Vatican on ‘ambiguities’

October 10, 2023

ROME – On a day in which Israel objected anew to efforts by Christian leaders to be even-handed in their approach to the new war with Hamas, the pope’s top diplomat said that until the deeper Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved, there’s a perennial risk that such acts “will repeat themselves with ever great ferocity”. “The

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Appeals for Peace & Justice

May 19, 2021

"It is important that all the Church will join the mother Church of Jerusalem in the prayer of intercession," Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa told EWTN, " for peace and justice in the Holy Land.”

Nuncio to UN calls for creation of Palestinian state

July 18, 2016

The Pope's permanent observer at the UN told the Security Council that the creation of two states would help bring peace to the region