His Beatitude
Msgr. Michael Sabbah
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

I see in this group of Muslim and Christian believers, who opted for the path of dialogue, an example to emulate and a religious necessity by which each believer strengthens his faith.

For each believer becomes more faithful to God when he believes in his fellow man. According to St. John’s First letter (4:20):

If anyone says, “I love God”, and hates his brother, he is a liar for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Each believer is in need of Al-Liqa’ Center’s programs, in order to adjust his path to God in light of the reality in which his fellow man lives, so as to know him and to serve him better.

By listening to others we pay tribute to God and by abasing others we depart from God’s commandment. On the other hand, ignorance of others is a diminution of God’s right and man’s right.

Dialog is one of the characteristics of the local church and of this country, given the great variety of its religious and cultural communities.

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Al-Liqa Newsletter, no. 36

Al-Liqa center had publish recently it's
Newsletter no.36 in english

Bethlehem, December 2007

American Council Of Young Political Leaders Visit
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Bethlehem, June 16, 2008
A delegation comprising members of the American Council Of Young Political Leaders led BY Cass Burton, attorney, Department of Insurance, Texas visited Al-Liqa’ center.

Theology and the Local Church in the Holy Land Conference - Session #15

From Fasting to Eastern: A Church Vision in Galilee

Ibillin, 2 February 2008
 

 

 
March 11, 2008: "Christian Arabs: Current Challenges and the Future", A Lecture by Dr. Geries S. Khoury at the Melkite Catholic Hall, Sakhneen, Galilee
March 2008: Al-Liqa’ Center  condemn The Israeli Barbaric aggression in Gaza Strip, The Repeated publication of the cartoons/drawingss and The aggression against the library of the YMCA in Gaza
February 15, 2008: Al-Liqa Center Jubilee, 25 Years, Bethlehem hotel.
February 15, 2008: Al-Liqa Center Jubilee, 25 Years, Bethlehem hotel.
February 2, 2008: Theology and the Local Church in the Holy Land Conference, Session #15, “From Fasting to Easter: A Church Vision in Galilee” Ibillin.