He is Spiritual Assistant in the current Synod on Synodality Photo: National Catholic Reporter

Catholic Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem demonstrates that Israel’s security cannot be achieved through violence

n a recently released statement, Sabbah and his colleagues emphasize that the current conflict did not begin with the attacks of 2023. Instead, they trace its roots back to a century-long struggle, starting in 1917 and peaking in pivotal moments like the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the Six-Day War of 1967.

Bishop Who Was Excommunicated Will Participate in the Synod on Synodality

Pope Francis appointed Bishop Zhan Silu, substituting Monsignor Anthony Yao Shun, Bishop of Jining, who attended the Synod last year. In regard to the reason for the change, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, Archbishop of Luxembourg and Relator General of the Synod on Synodality, said that “the Secretariat of State has given us the names, but we have no other information about this.”