Category Archives: Holy Land

Holy Land Coordination

We must not ignore the voice of people in the Holy Land

Pilgrimage of the Bishops 11-16 January 2020

Every year we come to encounter and hear the people of the Holy Land. We are inspired by their enduring resilience and faith in a worsening situation. In their recent powerful message, the local Catholic Bishops lamented the international community’s failure to help realise justice and peace here in the place of Christ’s birth.[1] Our governments must do more to meet their responsibilities for upholding … Continue reading We must not ignore the voice of people in the Holy Land »

Holy Land

Protect life at all costs. Appeal of the CCEE Presidency

Appeal of the CCEE Presidency for Peace in the Holy Land

We join the Catholic Church in the Holy Land to deplore “yet another explosion of hatred and violence, which is once again staining the Holy Land with blood” in these days. The Presidency of the CCEE wants to witness the closeness of the European Church and welcomes the invitation of the Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, H.E. Mons. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, for a … Continue reading Protect life at all costs. Appeal of the CCEE Presidency »

Joint Committee CCEE-CEC

CCEE-CEC Joint Committee asks for the respect of the Status Quo in Jerusalem

Letter of Support from Christian Leaders

Following the meeting of the members of the CCEE-CEC Joint Committee in Brussels, from 9-10 March, presidents of the two European ecclesial organisations – Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, CCEE president and Bishop Christopher Hill, CEC president, issued a letter of support to the three leaders of the churches who recently signed a joint statement protesting the proposal of the municipality of Jerusalem to tax the religious … Continue reading CCEE-CEC Joint Committee asks for the respect of the Status Quo in Jerusalem »

Holy Land

Hope for a better future

Final Communique from the Coordination for the Holy Land

We have come to the Holy Land to meet its youth, listen to their voices, and pray for justice and peace. Despite the continuing destructive conflict and the divisive approach of so many in power, our faith in God gives hope for the better future sought by young people here. Over the past week we have witnessed and heard of their struggle to build this … Continue reading Hope for a better future »

Holy Land

Starting again from education to cultivate a future of peace

European, North American and South African Bishops in Jerusalem for the Annual Meeting HLC2018

This year’s Holy Land Co-ordination (HLC2018), the annual meeting of European, North American and South African Bishops, which, since the 1990s, has been undertaking an annual visit to the various Christian communities present in the Holy Land, is to begin in Jerusalem. A common thread running throughout the visit is this year’s theme of education, with a series of meetings and visits of an educational … Continue reading Starting again from education to cultivate a future of peace »