A delegation of 27 bishops made a solidarity visit to Gaza in order to pray and to support the Christian community in Gaza. The delegation was well received by the parish priest Monsieur Manuel Mussallam and the parishioners of Gaza.
Father Manuel Mussallam addressed the delegation and explained the dramatical situation in which they live in Gaza. A Muslim delegation also welcomed the delegation and highlighted the cooperation between Christians and Muslims in Gaze.
PHOTOGALLERY
Participants
Bishop Christopher BUDD
Bishop of Plymouth, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales
Bishop Mgr Pierre BÜRCHER
Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva & Freibourg, Swiss Bishops’ Conference
Most Rev Gilles CAZABON OMI
Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Province of Québec), Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Dr Stephen COLECCHI
Director, International Justice & Peace, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Mr Alexander DES FORGES
Director, Catholic Communications Network, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales
Bishop Mgr Michel DUBOST
Bishop of Evry, French Bishops’ Conference
Bishop John KIRBY
Bishop of Clonfert, Trócaire, Irish Episcopal Conference
Msgr Peter FLEETWOOD
CCEE (Council of European Bishops' Conferences)
Mr Hermann-Josef GROSSIMLINGHAUS
Executive Director, German Bishops’ Conference Commission for International Church Affairs, Vice-President of German Association of the Holy Land
Mrs Claudette HABESCH
Vice-President, Caritas Internationalis
Ms Philippa HITCHEN
Vatican Radio
Archbishop Patrick KELLY
Archbishop of Liverpool, Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales
Bishop William KENNEY
Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales
Bishop Raymond FIELD
Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs (ICJSA)
Mgr Stanislas LALANNE
General Secretary, French Bishops’ Conference
Fr Paul LANSU
Pax Christi International
Bishop Dr Reinhard MARX
Bishop of Trier, President of German Commission for Justice & Peace, Vice-President for German Bishops’ Conference Commission for International Church Affairs
Msgr Mario PAQUETTE PH
General Secretary, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Rev Robert PELLERIN
Archdiocese of Montreal, Canada
Mr Ulrich PÖNER
Director, German Bishops’ Conference Department for International Church Affairs and Migration
Mr Rateb RABIE KHS
President, Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation
Dr David RYALL
Assistant General Secretary, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
International General Secretary, Holy Land Co-ordination
Bishop William SKYLSTAD
President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Dr Rudolf SOLZBACHER
Director, Department for International Church Affairs and Mission, Archdiocese of Cologne, Board member of German Association of the Holy Land
Mr Denis VIENOT
President, Caritas Internationalis
Bishop Joan Enric VIVES i SICILIA
Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra, Spanish Bishops’ Conference
Dr Michael WHELAN KGCHS
Lieutenant, Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of England and Wales