Europe’s bishops join call for
prayer for peace in Holy Land, ME
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| Relatives of a Palestian man mourn during his funeral in central Gaza on May 16, 2018.- AFP |
In a statement on Wednesday, the Council of the Bishops'
Conferences of Europe appealed for protecting life at all costs in the region,
and urged all to join a peace prayer on May 19.
By Robin Gomes
Europe’s Catholic bishops on Wednesday lent their support to
the appeal of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land for peace in region,
stressing the urgency of protecting life at all costs.
In a separate appeal on Wednesday, Pope Francis also urged
for peace in the region warning that “war begets war, violence begets
violence.”
The appeals came after Israeli forces killed some 60
Palestinians and wounded many more near the Gaza-Israel border on Monday during
demonstrations against the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, relocating
it from Tel Aviv. It was the bloodiest day in Gaza in years.
“We join the Catholic Church in the Holy Land to deplore
"yet another explosion of hatred and violence, which is once
again staining the Holy Land with blood" in these days, wrote the top
leaders of the Council
of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) in a statement.
The CCEE, headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, said it
wanted to “witness the closeness of the European Church” and welcomed the
invitation of the Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Archbishop
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, for a time of prayer for peace in the Holy Land.
The statement signed by CCEE President Italian Cardinal
Angelo Bagnasco Archbishop of Genoa and its two vice-presidents, expressed the
conviction that peace and human life are undeniable goods and
are above all national and international interests.
Europe’s bishops invited communities and individuals in the
continent to “join the prayer of the Church of Jerusalem, through a time of
meditation and prayer for peace and the defense of
life at any cost, on Saturday, May 19, the eve of Pentecost.”
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