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2008 - DEC

Pope asks chivalric order to continue helping Christians in Holy Land 2008/12/05
By: Cindy Wooden of Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI asked the knights and dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem to continue praying and working to help Christians in the Holy Land, who are "burdened by an uncertain and dangerous climate."

The pope met De...

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Israel says Bolton school´s holy wine is security risk 2008/12/04
Source: Bolton News

ALTAR wine from the birthplace of Jesus will not be served at Bolton’s Thornleigh Salesian College this Christmas after claims that it is at the centre of an international security scare.

The Israeli Army is stopping the wine being exported because the drink , it says, constituted...

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Oh, little town that she calls home 2008/12/04
By: BRIAN J. LOWNEY of The Rhode Island Catholic

BARRINGTON — For Carmelite Sister Eileen Nasser, the seasons of Advent and Christmas always evoke prayerful and beautiful memories of growing up in Bethlehem.

“I am proud to be born where Jesus came to the earth, the land where God had chosen f...

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Bethlehem wine, symbol of peace, trapped behind checkpoint 2008/12/03
By: Austen Ivereigh of America: The National Catholic Weekly

Christians in the Holy Land and abroad will be deprived of altar wine from Bethlehem this Christmas because Israeli soldiers are refusing to allow lorries carrying the wine to enter Israel.

The SOS has been issued by the U...

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Optimism in Bethlehem ahead of Christmas 2008/12/02
Source: Ynetnews.com

After years of economic hardship due to intifada, city sees dramatic rise in tourist visits, sharp decline in unemployment. But locals still yearn for an end to Israeli occupation: 'Unless the occupation stops, we will always be under economic stress and psychological stress,' says mayor

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Vatican confirms tentative plans for papal visit to Holy Land in 2009 2008/12/01
By: John Thavis of Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has confirmed tentative plans for Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Holy Land in 2009.

Israeli sources said the most likely time for the visit would be in May, with stops in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The pope was invi...

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2008 - NOV

Tourists flocking to Bethlehem, Jericho 2008/11/23
Source: Ynetnews.com

Improvement in security situation boosts tourism to West Bank Palestinian cities popular among Christian pilgrims

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Palestinian families juggle to keep children in Catholic schools 2008/11/21
By: Judith Sudilovsky of Catholic News Service

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) -- For six months last year Adel Handal was unable to pay his phone bill, and the electricity has been cut off more times than he cares to remember because he did not pay the bill.

But while Handal, 44, a hairdresser, and his wife cut corners...

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Christians to Send Advent Peace Messages to Bethlehem 2008/11/20
By: Jenna Lyle of Christian Today

The World Council of Churches is asking Christians to send prayers and messages of peace to the birthplace of Jesus this Christmas.

The messages will be collected by the WCC’s Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum and distributed among schools and places of worship in Bethlehem, where the ecumeni...

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2008 - SEP

Can U.S. Christians help revive the sacred city? 2008/09/01
By: Austen Ivereigh of America Magazine

For the first time in many years, there is some good news out of Bethlehem. The pilgrims on whom the town’s Christians depend have begun to return; their number has increased by at least 50 percent from last year, which was in turn better than 2006. One can still sit in one of the chapels in the Bas...

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Cross with mother of pearl - 5P-AMP-R-28

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