« De Sion sortira l’instruction, et de Jérusalem la parole du Seigneur. » (Is 2,3)
Cette section présente la vie, la liturgie, l’histoire et les traditions des diverses communautés chrétiennes en Terre d’Israël. Elle met en lumière leur théologie, leurs défis et leur témoignage continu dans le lieu même où l’Évangile a pris racine.
Paddy Monaghan responds to the recent Jerusalem Patriarchs’ denunciation of Christian Zionism. Drawing on decades of Catholic renewal and the witness of evangelical Catholic leaders worldwide, Monaghan argues that biblical Zionism is not a political distortion but a faithful expression of historic Christian teaching on God’s enduring covenant with Israel.
Lire la suite : Jerusalem Patriarchs Don’t Represent All Christians
In a statement released on January 17, 2026, the "Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem" denounced Christian Zionism as a "harmful and damaging ideology"--sparking widespread debate among Christian and Jewish communities. A wide-ranging conversation on "Inspiration from Zion" discussed the statement, why it was made, and exploring the fallout. The discussion highlighted Christian Zionism's biblical roots, the signatories' identities, motivations, and the document's flaws, revealing tensions between theology, politics, and interfaith relations.
In this exclusive interview, Ihab Shlayan—Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) in the IDF, founder of "The Israeli Christian Voice," and one of the most prominent advocates for Christian‑Aramean identity in Israel—responds to the declaration issued by the “patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem” condemning what they called “damaging ideologies such as Christian Zionism.”
The 2025 iteration of the Kairos Palestine II declaration — ironically titled "A Moment of Truth: Faith in the Time of Genocide" — presents itself as a Christian, faith-based response to suffering. Yet upon close examination, it reads less like an ecclesial or theological document and more like a manifesto shaped by contemporary revolutionary ideology. Its language, assumptions, and moral logic mirror those of secular activist movements and Islamist propaganda far more closely than the Christian moral tradition it claims to represent.
Lire la suite : A Moment of Truth? Kairos Palestine II: A Theological and Moral Critique
On the one hand, there is the Christian message of unconditional love and its emphasis on self-sacrifice at the hands of those who hate you unjustly: "No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends." On the other hand, there is the logic of war: you want to liquidate those who hate you to the point of murdering your nation by all possible means, preferably the most horrific ones. What I identify as problematic is the conflation of these two logics - a confusion that I have a hard time not considering to be deliberate.
While most Evangelical Protestants are generally friendly to the Jewish people and the State of Israel, there is a small band of Evangelical pastors and professors who want to line up all Evangelicals unilaterally on the Palestinian side. The most egregious example may be Anglican vicar Stephen Sizer, whose has chummed up with the likes of Naturei Karta and Iranian President Ahmadinejad. But Gary Burge probably wields the greater influence.
In the plan of God’s rule over history, Israel has a great role to play in preparing the nations for the return of the Messiah in glory. In the twentieth century began the great epochal change preparing mankind for the conclusive event of history: the final coming of the Kingdom of God, for which all Christians pray every day, saying: Thy Kingdom come!
Two years after its publication, the authors of the "Kairos Palestine" document held an anniversary conference in Bethlehem, constituting themselves a tribunal before which to arraign all the churches of the world for not showing enough enthusiasm for their original document.
Lire la suite : "Kairos Palestine": From Mendacity to Megalomania
For over two decades, parts of the Christian world have been bemused by the writings of self-styled "Palestinian Christian theologians." Since their brightest lights are Protestant pastors, they are minor figures among the overwhelmingly Orthodox and Catholic faithful of the Holy Land. But they are strangely popular in Liberal Protestant circles abroad and especially beloved of church bureaucrats.
Lire la suite : "Palestinian Theologian" Trashes "Palestinian Theology"
A “bird’s eye view” of the Latin Catholic Church in the Holy Land, including the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.
The Orthodox churches count among them some of the oldest churches in Christianity. Because they almost all originated in the east they are usually known as the "eastern" churches.
