Jerusalem leaders call for peace with justice at Christmas
-25/12/05
The heads of the m
Jerusalem leaders call for peace with justice at Christmas
-25/12/05
The heads of the main Christian denominations in Jerusalem have issued a joint Christmas message asking their faithful to pray especially for children and young people in the Holy Land so they can overcome “all evil and hatred”, reports Ecumenical News International in Geneva.
In their message they thanked their Christian brothers and sisters across the world for expressing solidarity with them throughout the past year.
They continued: “However the way to go is still long in order to come to the end of all oppression and violence, in order to suspend the building of the Wall, to stop killing taking prisoners and end the occupation.”
The clerics from both Easter and Western Churches – Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant – combine to reflect on the meaning of the birth of Christ for their troubled region every Christmas.
Jerusalem leaders call for peace with justice at Christmas
-25/12/05
The heads of the main Christian denominations in Jerusalem have issued a joint Christmas message asking their faithful to pray especially for children and young people in the Holy Land so they can overcome “all evil and hatred”, reports Ecumenical News International in Geneva.
In their message they thanked their Christian brothers and sisters across the world for expressing solidarity with them throughout the past year.
They continued: “However the way to go is still long in order to come to the end of all oppression and violence, in order to suspend the building of the Wall, to stop killing taking prisoners and end the occupation.”
The clerics from both Easter and Western Churches – Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant – combine to reflect on the meaning of the birth of Christ for their troubled region every Christmas.