Benedict and Abbas Meet
Posted by Edward Pentin
Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:48 AM
Pope Benedict XVI and the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, discussed the need to find a just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when they met this morning at the Vatican. They also referred to the situation and contribution of Catholics in the Palestinian Territories.
According to a Vatican statement, the dialogue “focused on the situation in the... READ MORE
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Agreement With Israel Soon?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, May 22, 2009 8:51 AM
The Pope and Father Pizzaballa visit the Church of the Nativity May 13. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano)
Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custos of the Holy Land, has predicted Israel and the Holy See will resolve differences on implementing their 1993 Fundamental Agreement by the end of this year.
Father Pizzaballa made the comments in a May 20 interview with Terrasanta.net in which he discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s May 8-15 visit to the Holy Land.
The treaty protects the... READ MORE
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Pope at Mosque: 'Embrace Reason'
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:02 AM
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by a Muslim sheikh upon his arrival at Queen Alia International airport in Amman yesterday. He spoke at a Jordanian mosque today. (REUTERS/Ali Jarekji)
Our “task is the challenge to cultivate for the good, in the context of faith and truth, the vast potential of human reason,” Pope Benedict XVI said at a Jordanian mosque today, revisiting his Regensberg subject. “This understanding of reason,” he added, “contains a sense of both hope and caution ....”
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Discourse of Pope Benedict XVI at the Al-Hussein Bin Talal Mosque in... READ MORE
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Peres: Give Church Holy Sites
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:42 AM
Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. (CNS)
Israeli news media are reporting a split within the Israeli government about handing sovereignty over Christian holy sites to the Catholic Church.
According to the reports, Israeli President Shimon Peres favors ceding sovereignty of six holy sites, including the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth and Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, to the Church.
Peres is being opposed by... READ MORE
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The Papal Pilgrim of Peace
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, May 04, 2009 8:35 AM
Here at the Register we’re all set to ramp up our regular papal coverage, to report on Pope Benedict XVI’s Holy Land trip.
The Pope will depart for his week-long trip to sites in Jordan and Israel May 8. The Holy Father is undertaking the voyage, he said yesterday in Rome, as a “pilgrim of peace.”
Our Holy Land correspondent, Jerusalem-based Michele Chabin, will be reporting in detail for... READ MORE
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Benedict’s Israel Itinerary
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:58 AM
Pope John Paul II at Jerusalem's Western Wall in 2000. Pope Benedict XVI will visit there May 12. (CNS/ Reuters)
Here is the detailed itinerary for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit next month to Holy Land sites in Israel, as released this week by the Israel Government Press Office.
The Pope also will visit Jordan during his May 8-15 Holy Land trip.
Monday, May 11
11:00 Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, Official Welcoming Ceremony
12:05 Arrival at Mount Scopus helipad, Jerusalem. Welcoming Ceremony by Jerusalem... READ MORE
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Mosque on Holy Land Itinerary
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:27 PM
Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque. (planetware.com)
Additional details of Pope Benedict’s itinerary during his May 8-15 trip to the Holy Land have been disclosed.
Italy’s ANSA news agency has reported that the Pope will visit the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem, accompanied by the Grand Mufit of Jerusalem and other Islamic dignitaries.
The Italian bishops’ news agency SIR reported that the Holy Father will go to the nearby al-Aqsa... READ MORE
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