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Vol. 80, No. 35
Thursday, October 12, 2000
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Pope entrusts world to Mary
During a ceremony in which he entrusted the world to Mary’s care,
Pope John Paul II covers his eyes as he sits before the statue of Our
Lady of Fatima October 8 in Saint Peter’s Square. The Holy Father
preferred to use the word “entrust” rather than “consecrate” for
this service (see page 2).
In Holy Land\ Christians
offer prayers for peace
By Judith Sudilovsky
Jerusalem (CNS)
A t Christian churches throughout the Holy Land, wor
shippers offered prayers for peace and in memory of
those killed or wounded during recent violence.
At noon October 8, all church bells rang out in a plea for
peace and compassion.
The pastoral letter to parishes that Latin-rite Patriarch
Michel Sabbah issued October 2 was read in churches. It
called on Christians to raise their prayers to God to ask him
to “enlighten the minds” of the responsible government
officials.
Jamila Suleiman, 26, came to pray at the Latin-rite Holy
Savior Church in the Old City of Jerusalem with her hus
band Jack, 28, a restaurant bartender, and 3-year-old son
Roger.
“The first thing I hope and pray for is an end to this war.
I hope we will live in peace because Jerusalem is a holy
place for us all—Christians, Muslims and Jews,” said
Jamila Suleiman.
“We believe in peace, but this situation has been forced
on us,” she said.
Jack Suleiman, with Roger clinging to his legs, added:
“The past few days have been difficult for everybody. We
all think there will be a war and then there will be terrible
problems. I am thinking of all the children of this land.
Everybody wants peace—Jews, Christians, Muslims—
because we all have children. Prayer can help because God
hears everybody.”
In Bethlehem, Bayt Jala and Bayt Sahur, worshippers
from all the various Christian churches joined together in
prayer after a peaceful procession through the streets of
their towns, meeting up at Nativity Square in Bethlehem,
where they joined a march of Christians and Muslims. They
made their way down to Rachel's Tomb and the adjoining
Israeli checkpoint, which has been the site of fiery clashes
between Palestinians and Israelis.
Similar gatherings were held throughout Galilee and the
West Bank, with a large one held at Holy Family Catholic
Church in Ramallah.
At Holy Savior, 20-year-old Tamer Razak, a hotel man
agement student, prayed in earnest, burying his head in his
hands. A few days earlier a friend of his had been killed in
the crossfire, he said.
“Of course I am angry, but I still pray for peace. I pray
for the power of Jesus to stop all this war. There are many
people being killed, and that is a real pity,” he said.
(Continued on page 3)
Pilgrimage postponed
B ecause of the recent violnce in Israel, the diocesan pil
grimage to the Holy Land, originally planned for this
week, has been rescheduled, tentatively, for January
22-February 1, 2001.