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January 26, 2017

Editorial: Bishops' opposition to Israeli settlements is a cry for peace

The bishops are clearly and justifiably frustrated at the stalled peace process and how that standstill continues to inflict hardship on everyone in the region.

Early each year bishops from North America and Europe join bishops from the Holy Land on an information tour of those sacred but troubled lands. The visit this January had added significance because 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War and the start of the ongoing occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.

Published in Editorial
January 25, 2017

Frustrated bishops send blunt message to Israel regarding settlements

Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, looks through a fence at the Cremisan Valley from the Salesian Sisters' convent in Beit Jalla, West Bank, Jan. 13. Bishop Gendron is part of the Holy Land Coordination visit for bishops from Europe and North America.

OTTAWA – After years of seeing little progress toward peace in the Holy Land, Catholic bishops decided to send a more blunt message following their annual pilgrimage to the region.

Published in International
January 19, 2017

Bishops visiting Holy Land: Christians must oppose Israeli settlements

Bishops from the U.S, Canada and Europe walk through a street Jan. 16 in Hebron, West Bank.

JERUSALEM – Christians have a responsibility to oppose the construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, said bishops from the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Published in International
January 17, 2017

In Holy Land visit, bishops encourage peaceful resistance to Israeli settlements

Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, N.M., kneels by a stone that reads "We Refuse To Be Enemies" Jan. 16 at the entrance to the Tent of Nations in the West Bank, near Bethlehem. Thirteen bishops from Europe and North America visited the area as part of the Holy Land Coordination.

TENT OF NATIONS, West Bank – Bishops from Europe and North America lauded this 100-year-old hilltop family farm southwest of Bethlehem as an example of the nonviolent resistance needed to oppose Israeli expansion onto Palestinian land.

Published in International