This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle take a look at Pope Francis’ goals for the region and where they have been stalled in the past.
Israel Palestine
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis calls for an immediate cease-fire in the Holy Land
Pope Francis today expressed his “very great concern” at the armed clashes in Gaza and Israel and made an urgent, passionate appeal “to those with the responsibility” to bring a ceasefire and “to walk the path of peace.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Christian in Jerusalem at the Start of Another War
I refuse the logic that insists that, by saying the occupation must end, I am with the Palestinians and against the Israelis. There is a third place, which is not “for” or “against,” and that is the place of love, a love rooted in justice.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
As Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates, Christian leaders voice concern
Christian leaders in the Holy Land expressed deep concern over growing Israeli-Palestinian violence, as the two sides clashed in Jerusalem and Israel launched airstrikes into Gaza, responding to rocket attacks.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis calls for an end to clashes in Jerusalem
Pope Francis: “I pray that Jerusalem may be a place of encounter and not of violent clashes, a place of prayer and of peace.”
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What I saw in Bethlehem this Christmas: Shuttered shops, an open church door—and hope.
This year, I barely recognized Bethlehem, the city I know so well.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Former Jerusalem archbishop: How long will Catholics keep ignoring the suffering of Palestinians?
In the 53rd year of Israel’s military occupation of Palestine, Patriarch Emeritus Michel Sabbah asks Christians worldwide to join a nonviolent resistance movement shaped by the “logic of love.”
Posted inFaith, News
Man arrested for throwing firebomb inside Catholic church in the Holy Land
Israeli police arrested a Jewish man after he allegedly threw a firebomb inside the Basilica of All Nations at Gethsemane Church on the Mount of Olives Dec. 4.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The little town of Bethlehem is slowly getting smaller because of expanding Israeli settlements.
According to the Oslo Accords, Israel retains control over security and land management in “Area C,” 60 percent of the West Bank, where Mr. Abu Eid’s orchard is located. He feels his land is under constant threat of confiscation by Israel.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Covid-19 in the land where Jesus walked
During Jerusalem’s lockdown, my family saw the Holy Land—and each other—with new eyes.