Palestinian Christians near Bethlehem on Monday urged Pope Francis to speak up against an Israeli decision to build its controversial

WE HEAR THE CRY OF OUR CHILDRENWe, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, hear the cry of hope that our
children have launched in these difficult times that we still experience in this Holy Land.
We support them and stand by them in their faith, their hope, their love and their vision
for the future. We also support the call to all our faithful as well as to the Israeli and
Palestinian Leaders, to the International Community and to the World Churches, in order
to accelerate the achievement of justice, peace and reconciliation in this Holy Land . We
ask God to bless all our children by giving them more power in order to contribute
effectively in establishing and developing their community, while making it a community
of love, trust, justice and peace.


His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox

A different sort of orthodoxy

The burden of faith

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