RNS-CRS-BISHOPS

September 16, 2014
[social_warfare]

A bishop kisses the stone slab in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where tradition says the body of Jesus lay when it was taken from the Cross. Photo by Jen Hardy/ Catholic Relief Services

Members of the USCCB’s 2014 peace pilgrimage to the Holy Land visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and say a mass for peace on the first afternoon of the visit. The peace pilgrimage is especially timely as it occurred 3 weeks after a ceasefire of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Photo by Jen Hardy/ Catholic Relief Services