Bishops Show Solidarity in Holy Land

(13 Jan 08 - RV) A group of bishops from the US and Britain are in the Holy Land this week, as part of the Co-ordination Group of Bishops’ Conferences in Support of the Church in the Holy Land - an initiative the Holy See began in 1998 to encourage pilgrimage to the land where Christ was born.

Philippa Hitchen is with the bishops, and sends us this report…