In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine. As part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Pope in the Holy Land’
May 15, 2009
Pope in the Holy Land: Reflections
“ Laura Sheahen, Regional Information Officer for Catholic Relief Services/Middle East, is in the Holy Land this week for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. Catholic Relief Services is a Caritas member based in the United States. No friend of the Israelis and the Palestinians can fail to be saddened by the continuing tension between your two [...]
May 14, 2009
Pope in the Holy Land: Nazareth
Laura Sheahen, Regional Information Officer for Catholic Relief Services/Middle East, is in the Holy Land this week for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. Catholic Relief Services is a Caritas member based in the USA. If earlier parts of Pope Benedict’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land had edges of tension, Thursday’s Mass in Nazareth was relatively short [...]
May 13, 2009
Pope in the Holy Land: “Remove the walls around hearts”
Laura Sheahen, Regional Information Officer for Catholic Relief Services/Middle East, is in the Holy Land this week for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. Catholic Relief Services is a Caritas member based in the United States. ‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,’ the well-worn Robert Frost quote goes, and that something was me on Wednesday. [...]
May 12, 2009
Pope in the Holy Land: Jerusalem the Golden
Laura Sheahen, Regional Information Officer for Catholic Relief Services/Middle East, is in the Holy Land this week for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. Catholic Relief Services is a Caritas member based in the USA. “Good energy there,” my CRS coworker commented as we left a church celebration for Pope Benedict today. The young Palestinian seminarians, elderly [...]
May 11, 2009
Pope in the Holy Land: Healing words
Laura Sheahen, Regional Information Officer for Catholic Relief Services/Middle East, is in the Holy Land this week for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. Here she blogs about the day the pope arrived in Jerusalem, May 11. Catholic Relief Services is a Caritas member based in the United States. Pope Benedict surprised many commentators when, just minutes [...]
May 10, 2009
Pope in the Holy Land: The way the wind blows
Laura Sheahen, Regional Information Officer for Catholic Relief Services/Middle East, is in the Holy Land this week for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. Here she blogs about Sunday May 10, the day before the pope arrived in Jerusalem. Catholic Relief Services is a Caritas member based in the USA. Sunday was a pretty good day for [...]
May 5, 2009
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
Read this article in French or Spanish Pope Benedict in the Holy Land By Joseph Cornelius Donnelly – Caritas Internationalis Head of International Delegation to the United Nations and Special Advisor for the Holy Land & Peace Building Like countless others across the centuries and diverse religious traditions, Pope Benedict comes as a person of [...]
May 5, 2009
Pope Benedict’s Holy Land pilgrimage
Read this in Spanish Claudette Habesch, Secretary General of Caritas Jerusalem As a member of the Mother Church, I welcome the visit of the Holy Father to the Holy Land. His pilgrimage is reason for us to hope and to be optimistic and it carries with it a lot of meaning and a special message. [...]
