Monday, 1 November 2010Middle East synod participant explains factors behind its controversial conclusion The Synod for the Middle East, a historic gathering of the region's bishops, concluded October 24, amid controversy over alleged bias in its concluding message. One expert on the region told CNA that the document reflected pastoral needs, not a political agenda.read more ... |
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Sunday, 31 October 2010An experience of synodal unity and communion While the synod fathers participating in the special assembly for the Middle East worked to produce several useful and valuable documents, they also managed to create a special spirit of communion and unity, says the Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Israel, Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo in an interview, read more ... |
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Sunday, 31 October 2010Catholic media centre proposed for Mideast A new Catholic media centre in the Middle East will house two Catholic television stations, three radio stations, a newspaper and a magazine, the Vatican announced. read more ... |
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Sunday, 31 October 20102,000 cities unite in prayer for Holy Land peace The faithful worldwide are invited to join the 2,000 cities already planning to participate in a day of prayer for peace in the Holy Land. The 3rd International Day of Intercession for Peace in the Holy Land, read more ... |
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Sunday, 31 October 2010Mideast churches in the international spotlight One Holy See institution that took a particularly keen interest in the recent Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops was the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. read more ... |
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Sunday, 31 October 2010Churches Cooperating During Survey of Church of Nativity Cooperation among the three Christian communities in the Church of the Nativity has been "going smoothly" as a restoration survey of the building gets under way, read more ... |
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Friday, 29 October 2010Christians and the Holy Land (Part 2) The uproar of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes the life of the Christian community in the Holy Land and its problems pass in silence, yet the Christian presence in those Holy Places is a duty to the past, the present and the future, says the Custos of the Holy Land. In Part 2 of this interview, read more ... |
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Friday, 29 October 2010The Jewish presence at the synod The final message of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops dedicates three paragraphs to "Cooperation and Dialogue with Our Fellow Citizens, the Jews."read more ... |
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Friday, 29 October 2010Holy Land Church official finds no ‘anti-Zionist’ bias at synod Many Christians in the Middle East harbour “anti-Zionist” resentments, but those resentments are rooted political injustices and not theology, according to a top Church official in the Holy Land. Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa said, read more ... |
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010Vatican aide: “Voice” of synod is final message To understand the Mideast synod, it is necessary to read the final message its entirety, instead of focusing in on one or two voices, a Vatican spokesman affirmed in response to critiques coming from the Israeli government that the assembly was a forum for anti-Israeli sentiment. Includes 3 other articles regarding Israel's response to the Synod, read more ... |
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010Synod backs Pope in call for 'two-state' solution in Middle East In calling for a “two-state” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the special Synod of Bishops for the Middle East has echoed the solution that Pope Benedict XVI urged on his visit to Israel last year.read more ... |
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010Middle East Synod conclusion: Challenges mark Church’s future Concluding two weeks of meetings on the future of the Church in the Middle East, close to 200 bishops issued a communique appealing to the world’s Catholics “to safeguard the faith, based on the Word of God, to collaboration in unity and to communion in the witness of love in every aspect of life."read more ... |
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010Synod asks pope to drop restrictions on married Eastern-rite priests Members of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East formally asked Pope Benedict XVI to change Vatican rules that technically prohibit the Eastern Catholic churches from ordaining married men outside the traditional homeland of their churches.read more ... |
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010Pope Closes Synod with Encouragement for Middle East Christians Pope Benedict XVI has closed the two week Synod of bishops on the Middle East with words of encouragement for the region’s Christians and a strong plea for peace. read more ... |
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010Through the eyes of a Jew... For the first time, since its foundation almost 80 years ago, Vatican Radio has been able to offer a webpage in Hebrew with up-to-date information about the just-ended Synod of Bishops for the Middle East. read more ... |
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010Christians and the Holy Land (Part 1) When speaking of the situation of Christians in the Holy Land, a very careful distinction must be made between Christians living in Israel, and Christians living in the Palestinian Territories, says the Custos of the Holy Land in an interview, read more ... |
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