Jerusalem: key to peace

Just days before the special Assembly of the Synod dedicated to the Middle East is due to open in the Vatican, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Fouad Twal, tells Tracey McClure how it all came about, and reflects on some of the key issues he is called to deal with...

"...the idea of the Synod came out just after the visit of His Holiness to the holy land last May..."

"...we are not only a Church of calvary, we are at the same time a Church of resurrection and hope and we must give this hope to the people who are suffering..."

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