Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/04/18
April 10, 2018
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopens
February 28, 2018
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It reopened after Israeli officials suspended plans for a new tax on church properties
Church officials: Holy Sepulchre to remain closed
February 27, 2018
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The church will stay closed indefinitely as leaders feud over proposed taxes
Holy Sepulchre church shut in protest at taxes
February 26, 2018
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Christian leaders issued a joint statement bemoaning what they called a ‘systematic campaign of abuse’ against them
Only Israeli-Palestinian agreement should change Jerusalem status quo, says Archbishop Pizzaballa
December 21, 2017
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Archbishop urges US Vice President Mike Pence to ‘Listen more. No one has a monopoly on Jesus, not even the Evangelicals’
Pope Francis urges Trump to respect ‘status quo’ in Jerusalem
December 6, 2017
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The Pope warned against any move to recognise Jerusalem as the Israel capital
Holy Land Christians condemn wave of church desecrations
September 27, 2017
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‘We get sympathy and nice words from everybody, but we are sick of that. We want convictions.’
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/09/17
September 7, 2017
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Donald Trump visits Church of Holy Sepulchre
May 22, 2017
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The US President began his two-day trip to the region with a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Western Wall
The book that captures the drama of Christ’s final days on earth
April 13, 2017
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A classic work, published in 1930, helps to fill in the gaps left by the Gospels
Church leaders: Restoration of Jesus’s tomb signals new cooperation
March 22, 2017
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The Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre underwent a major renovation after it was deemed unsafe
Historic restoration of Jesus’s burial shrine completed
March 21, 2017
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The shrine will be unveiled on Wednesday in the presence of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and a representative of Pope Francis