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Christianity at the Crossroads |
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Saturday, 05 May 2012 07:49 |
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Islamic Studies Professor on the Reality of Christianity in the Mideast
ROME, MAY 4, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Mark Riedemann for Where God Weeps in cooperation with Aid to the Church in Need interviews Jesuit Fr. Samir Khalil Samir SJ, professor of History of Arab Culture and Islamic Studies, and an expert in interreligious dialogue in Rome and Beirut.
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My Week In Palestine by Christine Hobbi |
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Friday, 04 May 2012 10:34 |
"It is an honor to have had Christine Hobbi travel to the Holy Land with HCEF. Christine is a member of the Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale, AZ. Her reflections here tell the story of her travel. She recounts her meeting with Hugh Dempsey and me about four weeks before her Holy Land odyssey began. Her desire met our needs and a partnership was formed and a friendship has been built. On Christine's last night in Bethlehem, the staff of HCEF presented her with a plaque on which she is honored as to as a, "True Ambassador for Palestine" We have all been changed by Christine's presence with us and know that God in His plan will reunite us all in the Holy Land in the near future." Rateb Rabie
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Palestinian Christians are Disappearing |
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Saturday, 05 May 2012 01:43 |
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By Saliba Sarsar, Vice President for Global Initiatives & Professor of Political Science, Monmouth University; HCEF secretary of the Board
Christians in the Holy Land, especially Palestinian Christians, are living under duress. In Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, now only 18 percent of the population is Christian. In Jerusalem, where Jesus was crucified and resurrected, the percentage of Palestinian Christians is a far lower 1.5 percent, or 12,000 out of some 800,000 people. The remaining population is made up of around 65 percent of Israeli Jews and 33.5 percent Palestinian Muslims. In 1948, by contrast, Christians numbered 25,000 in the city, out of approximately 165,000 inhabitants, or 15 percent.
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Bethlehem nuns in West Bank barrier battle |
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 08:24 |
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By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem -The barrier Israel has been building in and around the West Bank is set to deprive a Christian community of its land, and appears to have caused an unholy row between some monks and nuns - who could now end up on opposite sides.In the green Cremisan valley, west of Bethlehem, a goatherd leans against a rock while his flocks graze under the olive and fig trees.
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