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| Pope to Pray with Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem | |
| 2014-03-28 | |
| [AnNahar] Pope Francis will pray side-by-side with Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew in Jerusalem in a powerful sign of Christian unity during his May visit to Holy Land, the Vatican said on Thursday. The prayer will take place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the spots widely believed to be the sites of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus. The two will also sign a joint declaration when they meet on what will be the 50th anniversary of a visit to Jerusalem by two of their predecessors, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras. "We are called to be one, and the pope is coming to remind us of this and renew the spirit of unity and fraternal love," Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal told news hounds in Jerusalem as he announced the program of the pontiff's May 24-26 visit to Israel, Jordan and the Paleostinian Territories. During the brief trip, Francis will celebrate Sunday mass in West Bank city Bethlehem, where Jesus is believed to have been born. He will meet Paleostinian and Syrian refugees and visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. But Twal warned the visit could be jeopardized if a strike by staff at Israel's foreign ministry is not resolved in time. "If the strike goes on for two months, I don't think we can make the visit to Israel, but for sure the visit will be done in Jordan and Paleostine," said Twal, who is the Holy Land's senior Roman Catholic prelate. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... Father David Neuhaus, who represents Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel, said the government had pledged the visit would not be affected. "Israel has given assurances, both from the prime minister's office and from the office of the foreign minister, that the strike will not affect the visit," Neuhaus said. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's front man confirmed his remarks. But a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry's labor union insisted that if the strike was not resolved, they would not facilitate the visit. "As long we are on strike, we are not attending to the Pope's visit," she told Agence La Belle France Presse, indicating that a preparatory visit by Vatican officials, due to take place earlier this month, had been cancelled as a result of the industrial action.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 FYI I'm looking on the Net to see iff the various Orthdox denominations will call a mass Confab = Universal Synod on the state of their Church-Faith. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-03-28 20:47 |
| #1 * See TOPIX > [Groong = Payvand News] CONTAINING IRAN IS HELPING PUTIN'S RUSSIA. Energy = Pipeline Wars. Again, as Merkel's Germany is now Russia's strategic partner + BFF in NATo-EU, that leaves the Nuke-happy Rising Muslim Powers, so-called "Neo-Ottoman" Turkey + Obama BFF, OWG Co-Superpower = OWG Caliphate-happy Rising Iran, + Count Dooku's Boyz, for Vlad = Russia to worry about. By extension, Putin's responsibility as per the promotion + protection, etc. of Russia's strategic interests also includes the RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH + ALIGNED. [1980's MIKHAIL GORBACHEV'S PAN-SLAVICISM [Russo-Slavicism] here]. Before PAN-TURKIC UNION, Before PAN-PERSIAN/IRANIAN UNION, Before ...., etc. THERE WAS "GORBY". * Also from GROONG > CAN UKRAINIAN PROTESTS SPREAD TO SOUTH CAUCASUS. Why yes, yes it can, but thats one of the reasons Putin = Russia is now in the Crimea. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-03-28 02:04 |