„Denn von Zion wird Weisung ausgehen und das Wort des Herrn von Jerusalem.“ (Jes 2,3)
Dieser Abschnitt stellt das Leben, die Liturgie, die Geschichte und die Traditionen der vielfältigen christlichen Gemeinschaften im Land Israel vor. Er beleuchtet ihre Theologie, ihre Herausforderungen und ihr fortwährendes Zeugnis an dem Ort, an dem das Evangelium erstmals Wurzeln schlug.
The Hidden Roots of the Crisis of the Church in the Holy Land: In the troubled Holy Land, divided and torn by conflict, local Church leaders and Christians of all colors often claim to speak a tireless message of justice, reconciliation and peace. If only more people would listen to this message - so they claim - it would surely dramatically improve the prospects for peace between the conflicting parties in the region. But is this true?
There has been much excellent academic study of the history of Christianity in the land of its birth. It could fill a whole library. In recent years, however, all that fine work has been eclipsed by the myth, created by the so-called "Palestinian narrative," of Palestinian Christianity.
Catholics for Israel are highly aware of the precarious and difficult situation you find yourselves in. We are not against you by calling ourselves Catholics for Israel. It is precisely the concern for the situation you are in and the complexity of your situation that is motivating us to address and speak out those things that today most Catholics are afraid to even think about.
Das selbst so benannte “Kairos Palestina”-Dokument wurde am 11. Dezember 2009 der Öffentlichkeit in Bethlehem von einem Gremium, dem der ehemalige lateinische Patriarch Michel Sabbah vorstand, vorgestellt. Das Dokument soll die Kirchen weltweit zur Unterstützung eines Plans mobilisieren, der Boykotts, Enteignungen und die Delegitimierung des Staates Israels vorsieht.
Weiterlesen: Das palästinensische "Kairos" Dokument - eine Analyse
