Reporting from Holy Land pilgrimage: What we saw and heard

(Vatican Radio) This month saw the annual pilgrimage to the land of Christ’s birth by the Holy Land Coordination group, an international delegation of Catholic Bishops from Europe, North America and South Africa. The Bishops travelled to Jerusalem, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Bethlehem and Ramallah to show solidarity with the Christian community living in the Holy Land. Vatican Radio’s Susy Hodges accompanied the bishops on this year’s pilgrimage and filed this special report on what they saw and heard during their 5-day visit.

Listen to the report which includes the voices of Bishops Richard Pates of the U.S. and Denis Nulty of Ireland, Bassam Nassar a native of Gaza, two female students from Bethlehem university and Nabil Shaath of the Fatah Central Committee: