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Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2000
The Catholic Patriarch may resign because of his old age. In that case, one of his assistant bishops, most likely Bishop Yohanna Qolta, may be appointed in his place.
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2000
This is the text of a lecture delivered in London by the general administrator of the Latin Catholic Church in Jerusalem, Father William Shomali, representing Latin Catholic Patriarch Michel Sabah of Jerusalem, during the investiture of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulcher of England and...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 21, 2000
The Maronite Patriarch and Cardinal declared that the existence of Christians in the East, at the beginning of the third millennium, is a matter of life or death for them. Lebanon is an example. The majority of the Lebanese who emigrated in the last ten years are Christians. This also applies to...
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2000
A group of between 45 and 50 Israeli settlers attacked Father Ibrahim Hijazine, a Catholic priest from Ramallah after he had preached in Nablus. On his way back to Ramallah they forced him to go back saying that he can’t use this road because it is for Israelis only. When Father Ibrahim told them...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 21, 2000
The churches of the world, according to the author, have a positive attitude towards the Palestinian issue. Pope John Paul II signed an agreement with the Palestinian president which authorizes the Palestinian Authority to supervise all the institutions of the Vatican in Palestine. The General...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2000
The U.S. Catholic Conference expressed its deep disturbance with the efforts of extremists, in the Middle East and abroad, who incite and intensify religious conflict through inflammatory rhetoric, and anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim and anti-Christian acts. It declared that the Holy Land must be a...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Pope John Paul II encourages the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land and the leaders of the Christian communities, to renew their efforts to ensure that relationships between all are inspired by mutual respect, in humility and trust. He also appeals to Jewish and...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Father Raed Abusahlieh, Chancellor of the Latin Patriarch, instituted a personal information service per e-mail. He selected with Harry Hagopian the title for this advocacy and interpretation service. Their choice fell on the olive tree, associated with Jesus’ Passion as much as being a universal...
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2000
The Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East held their tenth conference in Lebanon.
The Palestinian issue and the continuation of the Intifada and means of supporting it were the main topic. The article also mentions the inter-religious dialogue committee of the Azhar which stated the Jews have no...
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2000
Since the outbreak of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, hundreds of Christian Arabs have left their homes with the help of foreign embassies. Foreign embassies will not say how many Christian Arabs they have aided. An Israeli Foreign Ministry official said that about two-thirds of the dual...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.