ACOHL meeting in Jerusalem


The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land held its regular meeting in Jerusalem on March 12 and 13, 2013.

The Assembly, which gathers together all the heads of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land (Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus) held its bi-annual meeting in Jerusalem, at the Maronite Patriarchate. Present were most of the members of the Assembly, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, three of his Vicars: Bishops Shomali (Jerusalem), Lahham (Amman) and Father Neuhaus (Hebrew Speakers) as well as three emeriti, Patriarch emeritus Michel Sabbah and Bishops Sayegh and Bathish. Alongside them was Father Pizzaballa, head of the Franciscans. The three Greek Catholic Archbishops: Chacour (Galilee), Zreyi (Jerusalem) and Al-Ayyash (Amman) as well as emeritus Archbishop Mouallem were present alongside Maronite Archbishop Moussa al-Hage and Syrian Bishop Melki. In attendance were also the Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and the Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazarrotto, and the Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq, Archbishop Giorgio Lingua. The meeting was organized by the secretary of the Assembly, Father Pietro Felet.

Each ordinary was invited to share what is happening within his area of jurisdiction.

The assembly discussed many different subjects that touch on the life of the Catholics in the Holy Land.

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