Israel has not attended the funeral of Pope Francis. Israel expressed frustration with Pope Francis in November 2023 after he used the term “terrorism” to describe both Hamas’ October 7 attacks and Israel’s military response in Gaza during a general audience speech. The Pope had said: “Terrorism should not be used to justify terrorism. Hamas’ …
Occupy Democrats · Pope Francis unleashes a historic attack on the Trump administration over its cruel treatment of migrants — and takes specific aim at remarks made by J.D. Vance, a Catholic convert. So-called Christians in the MAGA movement are melting down over this… The Pope, head of the Catholic Church, issued a rebuke of Donald …
“Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people.” Isaiah 10:1-2 “وَيلٌ لِلَّذينَ يَشتَرِعونَ فَرائِضَ الإِثْم، والَّذينَ يَكتُبونَ كِتابةَ الظُّلْم، لِيَرُدُّوا الضُّعَفاءَ عن إِجْراءِ الحُكْم، ويَسلُبوا حَقَّ وُضَعاءِ شَعْبي” (أشعيا ١٠: ١-٢) Bethlehem, February 6th, 2025 …
@MuntherIsaac This Christmas, once again, we find ourselves reflecting on the meaning of Christmas through the image of Christ in the Rubble. Christ is still under the rubble in Gaza, as children are still being pulled from under the rubble in Gaza. It is heartbreaking that we are still calling and pleading for a ceasefire. …
(RNS) — The pro-Palestinian creche is intended to point out the disconnect between the idealized Bethlehem of most representations and the reality in present-day Gaza and the West Bank. Yonat Shimron December 9, 2024 (RNS) — The scene representing the birth of Jesus is a common December sight, artfully arranged on church lawns or entryways across …
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Palestinian Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna Addresses Christian Zionism and Mike Huckabee’s Nomination as US Ambassador to Israel: “We do not recognize what is called ‘Christian Zionism.’ This term does not exist in our Christian literature or ecclesiastical lexicon. The blending of Christianity and Zionism is entirely condemned and rejected by us, especially as Christianity is …
CHRIS HEDGES MAY 10, 2024 – Text Originally published April 28, 2024 This is a sermon I gave Sunday April 28 at a service held at the encampment for Gaza at Princeton University. The service was organized by students from Princeton Theological Seminary. In the conflicts I covered as a reporter in Latin America, Africa, …
Troops took Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her home in the West Bank and her parents haven’t been told where she is. Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant …
Written by Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand This is by far one of the most profound and important questions facing the West in the next few decades. Speaking is Hubert Védrine, France’s former Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the French presidency under president Mitterrand. He says the West, “descendants of Christendom”, is “consumed by the spirit of …
Jeremy Loffredo @loffredojeremy “Jesus Christ came here a week before he was crucified,” a Palestinian in Taybeh told me. Taybeh is the largest Palestinian Christian community in the West Bank. Since October 7th, armed Jewish settlers and the Israeli army, emboldened by the war in Gaza, have been terrorizing the community with mob beatings, theft, …
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