Joining forces to promote peace in the Holy Land
A joint conference of Catholic and Anglican experts on the Middle East, taking place
at Lambeth Palace in London, has been hearing first hand accounts of the struggles
of the Christian community in the Holy Land today. The two day meeting, organised
by the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the Catholic Archbishop
of Westminster Vincent Nichols aims to raise greater awareness of the difficulties
facing the minority Christians in Israel and the Palestinian territories and find
practical ways of supporting the Churches there.At the opening of the meeting on Monday, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal and his Anglican counterpart Bishop Suheil Dawani joined some young Palestinian Christians in speaking of the human face of the continuing conflict and occupation. Philippa Hitchen spoke to Patriarch Twal to find out what he hopes this conference can achieve:
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