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February 13, 2017

Historic Israeli church reopens in Galilee 20 months after arson attack

A clergyman stands inside the Church of Loaves and Fishes following a 2015 fire in Tabgha, Israel. Twenty months after having suffered serious damage from an arson attack, the atrium of the Benedictine church was reopened.

JERUSALEM – Twenty months after having suffered serious damage from an arson attack, the atrium of the Benedictine Church of the Loaves and Fishes was reopened Feb. 12. German Cardinal Rainer Woelki of Cologne, president of the German Association of the Holy Land, celebrating a Mass to mark the event.

Published in International
June 23, 2015

Christians call for justice in demonstration at Galilee church hit by arson

Retired Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem, Auxiliary Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo of Jerusalem, Maronite Catholic Bishop Moussa El-Hage of Haifa and the Holy Land and Father Bishara Suleiman gather during a prayer service at the Benedictine C hurch of the Multiplication in Tabgha, Israel June 21. Arsonists attacked the church June 18, lighting several fires that caused significant damage to the roof and two rooms, but the church, with its 5th-century mosaic floor, survived.

JERUSALEM - Druze, Muslims and Jews joined thousands of Christians in a demonstration in Galilee three days after an arson attack seriously damaged the Benedictine Church of the Multiplication.

Published in International