May 15, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI departs the Holy Land. The Vatican reports:
At 1.30 p.m. today the Holy Father arrived at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv where Shimon Peres, president of the State of Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister, were waiting to greet him.
In his farewell address, the Holy Father noted how he had “had [...]
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BENEDICT XVI DEPARTS HOLY LAND WITH AN APPEAL FOR PEACE
Posted in BENEDICT XVI IN THE MIDDLE EAST, tagged Auschwitz, Ben Gurion Airport, Benjamin Netanyahu., El Al B777, Olive Tree, Palestinian Territories, People of the Covenant, Shimon Peres, St. Paul, Tel Aviv on May 16, 2009 | Comments Off
REDOUBLING EFFORTS TO PERFECT OUR COMMUNION
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May 15, 2009
Pope Benedict continues his mission of peace and harmony. The Vatican reports:
After celebrating Mass in private at the apostolic delegation in Jerusalem, at 9 a.m. today the Holy Father travelled to the city’s Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, where he attended an ecumenical meeting.
The Pope was welcomed by His Beatitude Theophilos III, Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, [...]
POPE VISITS ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC PATRIARCHATE
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May 15, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI continues his mission of unity. The Vatican reports:
At 11 a.m. today the Holy Father visited the Armenian Patriarchal Apostolic Church of Jerusalem, where he was greeted by Patriarch Torkom Manoukian.
The faithful of the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate in the Holy Land number some 10,000, present in the Palestinian Territories, Jordan and [...]
HOLY SEPULCHRE: THE EMPTY TOMB SPEAKS OF HOPE
Posted in BENEDICT XVI IN THE MIDDLE EAST, tagged Armenian Apostolic Church, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Coptic, Custody of The Holy Land, Ethiopian Orthodox, Golgotha, Greek Orthodox Church, Syrian, The Roman Catholic World, Via Crucis on May 16, 2009 | Comments Off
May 15, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI continues his mission of peace and hope. The Vatican reports:
At 10.15 a.m. today the Holy Father visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where he was received by six representatives from the three institutions (Greek Orthodox Church, Custody of the Holy Land and Armenian Apostolic Church) responsible for the “Status [...]
VERBUM CARO HIC FACTUM EST
Posted in BENEDICT XVI IN THE MIDDLE EAST, tagged And the Word was Made Flesh, Basilica of the Annunciation, Galilee, Greek-Melkite, His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Luke 1:35, Maronite, The Magnificat, Verbum Caro Hic Factum Est, Word of God on May 14, 2009 | Comments Off
The Roman Catholic World
Pope Benedict XVI continues his message of peace and love. The Vatican reports:
Here is the Vatican text of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks during the celebration of evening prayer service in the upper Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth attended by bishops, priests, men and women religious, seminarians, members of church movements and [...]
THE FAMILY IS ESSENTIAL FOR BUILDING A CIVILIZATION OF LOVE
Posted in BENEDICT XVI IN THE MIDDLE EAST, tagged Annunciation, full of grace, goodwill, Gospel, Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, Nazareth, St. Joseph, The Roman Catholic World on May 14, 2009 | Comments Off
The Roman Catholic World
May 14, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI continues his mission of peace. The Vatican reports:
At 8.30 a.m. today the Pope travelled by helicopter to Nazareth, town of the Annunciation and of the Holy Family, which is located some 110 kilometres from Jerusalem. Having landed, the Holy Father continued his journey by car to the [...]
BENEDICT XVI CALLS FOR UNITY: In The Holy Land there is Room for Everyone
Posted in BENEDICT XVI IN THE MIDDLE EAST, tagged Basilica of Gethsemane, Christ, Christians of the Holy Land, Holy Land, Jews, Mount of Olives, Muslims, The New Adam, The Roman Catholic World on May 13, 2009 | Comments Off
The Roman Catholic World
Pope Benedict XVI continues his message of peace. The Vatican reports:
Following a brief meeting with the consuls general of nine countries with offices in Jerusalem (Belgium, Italy, France, Greece, United Kingdom Spain U.S.A., Sweden and Turkey), at 4 p.m. today Benedict XVI travelled to the Valley of Josaphat, located in front of the [...]
BE BRIDGES OF DIALOGUE TO BUILD A CULTURE OF PEACE
Posted in BENEDICT XVI IN THE MIDDLE EAST, tagged Basilica of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Casa Nova Monastery, Franciscans, Gaza, Holy Land, Manger Square, The Roman Catholic World on May 13, 2009 | Comments Off
The Roman Catholic World
Pope Benedict XVI continues his message of peace. The Vatican reports:
At 10 a.m. today, the Pope celebrated Mass for 5,000 people at Manger Square, which is in front of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
At the beginning of his homily, the Holy Father addressed himself particularly to “pilgrims from war-torn [...]
Pope Benedict’s written prayer left at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
Posted in BENEDICT XVI IN THE MIDDLE EAST, tagged Abraham, Christians, Isaac, Jacob, Jews, Lamentations 3:25, Muslims, The Roman Catholic World, Wailing Wall, Western Wall on May 13, 2009 | Comments Off
May 12, 2009
God of all the ages,
On my visit to Jerusalem, the “City of Peace”, spiritual home to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, I bring before you the joys, the hopes and the aspirations, the trials, the suffering and the pain of all your people throughout the world.
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
hear the cry [...]
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