500 Black Christian leaders arrive in Israel for 'Unfinished Business' pilgrimage
The delegation arrived on Thursday to fulfill a pilgrimage envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967, nearly six decades after his planned visit was canceled.
The delegation arrived on Thursday to fulfill a pilgrimage envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967, nearly six decades after his planned visit was canceled.
Leo told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for his weekly Sunday prayer that the growth was "well-contained" and caught at an early stage.
Participants will meet released hostages, bereaved families and survivors of the Nova massacre during a week of events intended to strengthen ties between Israel and Christian communities.
"The laws enacted in Europe against purchasing products from Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are antisemitism, pure and simple," a Norwegian Christian leader said.
Northern Ireland's Parades Commission on Friday permitted the Protestant Orange Order group to march along the Garvaghy Road, a Catholic enclave in the largely Protestant town of Portadown.
The conference will be held amid “deeply troubling sanctions” against Jews in the West Bank, according to International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s president.
Today’s silence conjures memories of past pontifical silence during the Holocaust. For Jews and Christian Zionists, Pope Pius XII's silence remains a harrowing memory and indictment.
Palestinian Christian leaders told CNN that US Christian Zionists ignore their experiences and fund West Bank settlements, while Mike Huckabee defended evangelical support for Israel.
Deek’s comments referred to a May public-opinion survey of Arab citizens of Israel published by Tel Aviv University’s Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation.
"As the global plague of Jew-hatred continues to grow on our shores, we must be extremely careful... to measure our words very carefully," Christian leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore said.
The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) - a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics - was excommunicated after four bishops were ordained without Pope Leo's approval on Wednesday.