Peace lamps unite churches, focus prayers for peace on Holy Land

Published: 2005-12-19

TAYBEH, West Bank (CNS) -- Small, delicate peace lamps are being placed in churches around the world as the focus of a campaign for peace in the Holy Land. Formed as a classic oil lamp or in the shape of a dove, they are made of ceramic in a small West Bank factory. The peace project, conceived and planned by Father Raed Abusahlia of Redeemer Catholic Church in Taybeh, is aimed at uniting all Christians around the world in prayer for the peace of the Holy Land by placing a peace lamp in churches around the world. Also involved in organizing it was the Growing Peace Together Association in Florence, Italy, with the blessing of both Cardinal Ennio Antonelli of Florence and Latin-rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem.

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