“Let us work together to replace despair with HOPE, fear with human SECURITY and humiliation with DIGNITY”

Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Fr. Yacoub Rafidi: “Being rector of Latin Patriarchal Seminary is a big responsibility, for the seminary is the beating heart of the Diocese”

INTERVIEW – In August 2017, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, appointed Fr. Yacoub Rafidi as rector of the Latin Patriarchal Seminary in Beit Jala.

The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem say no to the taxation of ecclesiastical properties

Jerusalem - The intention declared by the municipality of Jerusalem to impose municipal taxes on Church properties "contradicts the historical position between Churches and civil authorities over the centuries". This

Bethlehem: Midnight Christmas Homily 2017 by Archbishop Pizzaballa

Following is the midnight Christmas homily by Most Rev. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on December 24,

Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem: assault on the “Status Quo” in order to weaken the Christian presence in the Holy Land

Jerusalem - According to the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem, "a systematic attempt to undermine the integrity of the Holy City" and "to weaken the Christian presence in

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