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• Muslim Nations' Diplomats Studying the Church Vatican Secretary of State Launched Course at the Gregorian

12-May-07 Zenit.org,

Diplomats of Muslim countries in the Mediterranean and the Middle East are taking a course on the Catholic Church and the Holy See's international politics.

(Read more here)

• Ecumenical Holy Land Christian Support Networks (HCSN) Established in North Carolina and Tennessee

04-May-07 HCEF, Jessica Rodgers,

Baptist, Catholic, Non-denominational, Evangelical, and other Christian faithful in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Johnson City, Tennessee came together last weekend to support the Holy Land Christians.

(Read more here)

• Opening Windows within Walls – Teaching Peace in the ELCJHL

04-May-07 ELCJHL,

Although the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land was officially recognized as an autonomous church in 1959, it traces its history to German mission work in the mid-nineteenth century.

(Read more here)

• Bishop Suheil Dawani Installed as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese

04-May-07 ELCJHL,

More than 700 people from all over the world crowded into St. George's Cathedral to participate in the installment of Bishop Suheil Dawani as the new Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem on Sunday, April 15.

(Read more here)

• The Palestinian Christian Is An Endangered Species

04-May-07 Countercurrents.org, Prof Abe W Ata,

When the modern state of Israel was established there were about 400,000 of us. Two years ago the number was down to 80,000. Now it’s down to 60,000.

(Read more here)

• Norwegian bishop likens situation in Hebron to apartheid

03-May-07 ENI,

Two (Lutheran) Church of Norway bishops visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories in mid-April have said they were appalled at the way Israelis were treating Palestinians who hugely outnumber them in the West Bank city of Hebron.

(Read more here)

• Christians: Palestinian despair and American disconnect

03-May-07 The Culture Beat, Jim Dahlman,

In the Palestinian city of Nablus, a Melkite Christian priest can watch satellite broadcasts of American televangelists appealing for money for Russian Jews to settle in the Holy Land.

(Read more here)

• ADC Presents Faith and Tolerance Award to HCEF President on Behalf of Foundation

02-May-07 HCEF,

The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), a prominent civil rights organization, has selected HCEF President Rateb Rabie to accept the Faith and Tolerance Award on behalf of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation.

(Read more here)

• United Church of Canada head urges end to Palestinian embargo

27-Apr-07 ENI,

The moderator of the United Church of Canada has written to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging his government to "urgently and immediately resume financial support to the Palestinian Unity Government".

(Read more here)

• Franciscan Peacemaking Holy Land Christians as a Force of Peace

27-Apr-07 HNP Today, Dick Hoffmann,

Stepping onto the soil of the Holy Land breaks open channels of memory and recognition like no other place on earth possibly can.

(Read more here)

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