[CTS News] The Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land have received reports from the Guardian of our friary at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth that at 5:30 pm this afternoon (March 3) several persons entered the Basilica and set off some small explosive devices causing some minor damage.

February 24, 2006. Canon Hosam Naoum reports: “The situation in Nablus in the last few days has been very bad. Every day we hear of people wounded or killed due to the continuous incursions since the middle of last week. But what made things even worse for our community in Nablus is that one member of our congregation, Mr. Farah Kawa’, was seriously injured. He almost lost his life, but the Lord was so great that he protected his life.”

[Episcopal News Service] In an interview with Episcopal News Service, the Rt. Rev. Riah Abu El-Assal, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, speaks about the relationship between the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Jerusalem and responds to the January 25 Palestinian elections, when the Islamic militant group, Hamas, won a landslide victory.

At the invitation of Johannes the students from St. Andrew’s Church Ramallah and St. George’s Cathedral Jerusalem proudly performed their new skills after only six months of training by giving concerts to their parents and to the parishioners.