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Holy Land 2014

View from the church Dominus Flevit (where Jesus wept) Jerusalem (CT/photo by Greg Hartman)
IMAGE: CNS photo/Debbie Hill By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) — Except for specific incidents in Egypt and one in Libya, Christians in the Middle East are suffering the same fate as their fellow citizens, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, told media in response to …

By Patricia McGeever A novena is a devotion consisting of nine days of prayer or service. A pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred place, also a religious devotion. Catholic author Marge Fenelon combines the two practices in her book, Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, A Living Novena, and takes …

Staff Report Editor and general manager of The Catholic Telegraph, Steve Trosley, is embedded with a group of travelers, including Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, currently on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The pilgrims arrived in Tel Aviv Dec. 2 and will depart for the U.S. on Dec. 13. In the …