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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: 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: Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Fr. Raed Abusahlia changed the title of his E-Newsletter from "The voice of the truth from Jerusalem" to "Olive Branch from Jerusalem" since no one can pretend to say the whole truth.
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2000
The author writes about peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He recounted how Jews, Christians and Muslims, met in the Latin (Roman Catholic) Church of Beit Sahour, on the 5th of November 1989 despite a closure of the area in order to pray for peace and wishes this were possible today.
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...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000 to Monday, October 30, 2000
[Olive Branch is an e-publication of Father Raed Abusahlia, Latin Patriarchate Jerusalem]. Van Teeffelen does not find it a surprise that families leave. The Latin Catholic Bishop Sabbah, who last week visited Christian and Moslem sites that were bombed, told the local Palestinian TV about the pain...
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2000
The annual feast of the Holy Virgin in Deir Rafat in the Palestinian territories usually draws 3000 to 4000 pilgrims. However, this year the number was not more than 300-400 people only, due to the actual situation, especially because all the Christian Palestinians from the Palestinian territories...
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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.