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Archive for the ‘Holy Land’ Category

The new place of prayer dedicated to St. Joseph enriches the complex of the chapels of the nations Photo: Custodia Tierra Santa

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Jews and Arabs running together, the response to 7 October

Yonatan Ziegen, the son of pacifist Vivian Silver, killed in the Hamas attack on 7 October, talks about his decision to run for the Knesset with Makom Lekulanu in Israel’s fall elections. Born from the experience of Standing Together, it intends to fight war and fear with a proposal inspired by hope, and serve as a «political home» to build a “new leadership”.

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Lebanon, Gaza and the Holy Land: Christians Caught Between War, Humanitarian Collapse and a Struggle for Religious Freedom

One of the most alarming incidents occurred in the Christian village of Taybeh, the last entirely Christian Palestinian town in the West Bank. On May 29, preparations for the community’s annual Marian festival were temporarily halted when Israeli military vehicles entered the village and ordered organizers to stop their work, despite the event having received the required authorizations from local authorities

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Israel expropriates the tomb of the prophet Samuel, but for the Palestinians the target is al-Aqsa

A new chapter in the silent war on heritage in the West Bank. The tomb of the prophet, north of Jerusalem, managed by the Islamic Waqf, has been seized in the latest act of the “Judaization” of Palestinian sites. Peace Now: the aim is to “expand and deepen the annexation”. Rumours of a plan by the Netanyahu government to strip Jordan of custody of Islam’s third holiest site.

Cardinals and Bishops•Holy Land•Interview•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

The Grammar of Hate: An Interview with Bishop Rafic Nahra, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem, on the Situation in the Holy Land

Even before October 7, 2023, «extremists felt protected by the authorities, or at least tolerated.» Radicalism, distorted interpretations of the Bible, polarization, and economic interests. «The greatest victory of evil is when it manages to contaminate the victim.»