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Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2026
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the Israeli occupation authorities have prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and the Custode of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Ielpo, from reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass...
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Participants in the activities of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI), an offshoot of the World Council of Churches, met to discuss the churches’ response to persecution and genocide and their role in confronting suffering with faith.
Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2025
The Holy Family Church, belonging to the Latin Patriarchate and sheltering displaced persons in the center of the old town of Gaza, was bombed on Thursday morning. The attack resulted in multiple injuries, including the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli, who had been regularly updating the...
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2025
Adīb Jūda Al-Ḥusaynī, the custodian of the key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and bearer of the seal of the Holy Tomb, mourned the death and injury of several innocents as a result of the attack on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza.
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2025
In a worrying escalation, Christian leaders have accused Israeli settlers of launching attacks on Christian religious sites in the West Bank. They describe these attacks as systematic violence, which is pushing some Christians to seriously consider emigrating from the occupied territory.
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2025
Israeli occupation authorities denied Christians from the West Bank access to the occupied city of Jerusalem to attend the Palm Sunday celebrations, according to the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA).
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2025
Hundreds of Christian believers participated in the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem. The procession started from the Monastery of Bayt Fajjār in the town of Al-Tūr and passed through the streets of the town, including the road to the Church of Gethsemane, the Church of Santa Maria, and the road...
Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2024
The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC) said a visit by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, to Gaza under Israel’s prolonged hostility is a “message to all world leaders to work towards ending this war and bring about a just peace that...
Date of source: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Amidst blockades, devastation, and restrictions aimed at disrupting the lives of Palestinians, Christians in Jerusalem are attending Easter mass amidst a war that has persisted for nearly six months. As the toll of Israeli bombardment echoes alongside church bells, the faithful gather to observe...
Date of source: Saturday, March 30, 2024
Christian churches following the Western calendar are celebrating Holy Saturday on March 30 with a mass to be led by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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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.