Jamie Hawkey

Archbishop Sarah's pilgrimage in Rome begins! Read more about her first day - at the Basilicas of St Peter and St Paul - here on our website: anglicancentreinrome.org/news/welcoming…

The Archbishop of Canterbury will meet and pray with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Monday during her four-day pilgrimage to Rome. Read more from her announcement here: anglicancentreinrome.org/news/archbisho…

A 1min film showing the impact of Israeli settlements on Christian communities in the West Bank. Including the various means by which these settlements come into existence. In some cases, on sites of significance to Christians such as The Mount of Olives. The land is initially expropriated for military use before being handed over to Israeli settlers. A densely packed satellite village is then rapidly erected. The reality on the ground for Christians, quite apart from those who have seen their property and land taken away from them, is losing access to services or finding that normal access routes have become dangerous. There are a number instances of settlers chasing or attacking vehicles as people drive their children to a school, for example. The settlements also restrict the natural expansion of Christian communities, making it harder for Christian families to live decent lives. In Beit Sahour, a Christian community of 11,000, situated beside the field where Angel Gabriel visited the shepherds to proclaim the birth of Jesus Christ, these restrictions include Israel’s refusal to allow the construction of a Children’s Hospital on the adjoining field. Nevertheless, on the very spot this hospital was proposed, a settlement was recently authorised. This authorisation was granted last December. Construction has not yet begun. Settlements foreshadow violence. Attacks by Israeli settlers on local residents in the West Bank rose in 2025 to five per day. In January of this year, gun licenses were granted to the new settlements. This is particularly frightening as settlers have immunity from prosecution. It is time to Protect Ancient Christians @CottrellStephen @ArchbishopSarah @churchofengland @bishopnorwich @billbraviner @jamie_hawkey @MadsDavies @journostephen @OborneTweets @Vulnerable_VPP @MENA_Rights

"A thousand dead humanitarians in three years - when did that become normal?" Tom Fletcher (@UNReliefChief) on the violence facing humanitarian workers in conflict zones. Watch the event➡️bit.ly/3QmKAsv

Eugene Rogan will be giving the inaugural Margoliouth Lecture on the history of the Middle East at New College, Oxford (The New Space on Mansfield Road) on April 29 at 5 pm. All are welcome!

BREAKING: Cardinal Pizzaballa and the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land have issued a statement expressing profound indignation and unreserved condemnation of the desecration of a statue of Jesus Christ by an Israeli soldier in a Lebanese village, calling it a grave affront to the Christian faith — and linking it to a broader pattern of IDF desecration of Christian symbols in southern Lebanon.

Here in Rome at the end of an 8-day portion of the Via Francigena, we prayed in St Peter’s at the relics of St Gregory the Great for @ArchbishopSarah, for whole Anglican Communion, and for a deeper, joyful unity in faith and life between Anglicans and Catholics.

With int'l attention consumed by wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, Israel is ratcheting up its systematic displacement of Palestinians in & around Jerusalem's Old City. "Israel Collaborating W/ Settlers to Expel Palestinians From Their Old City Homes" 🧵 haaretz.com/israel-news/is…

As Pope Leo travels to Cameroon, we're pleased to announce Bishop Thomas-Babyngton Elango Dibo, Anglican Bishop of Cameroon, as our guest seminar speaker on Thursday, 30 April 2026, at 6.00pm. Find out more here! @VaticanNews @Pontifex @AnglicanWorld anglicancentreinrome.org/news/a-west-af…

Cardinal Pizzaballa will be remembered as one of the greatest leaders of our day, as well as one of the greatest teachers of the Faith. A heart without despair or revenge. Christ is risen.

Al término de la Santa Misa en este Domingo de Resurrección, compartimos con alegría los saludos pascuales, celebrando que Cristo ha vencido a la muerte y nos regala una vida nueva. Que la luz del Señor Resucitado llene nuestros corazones de paz, esperanza y fortaleza. ¡Felices Pascuas de Resurrección!

In Ankawa, amid the fears of war, our hope remains alive: the God who formed humanity from dust and breathed into it the breath of life is the same Lord who took bread, blessed it, and made it His Body, giving us new life in the Eucharist.

En la Iglesia de la Sagrada Familia de Gaza celebramos la Santa Misa de la Cena del Señor, dando inicio al Triduo Pascual. En medio de las dificultades, el Señor se hace presente en la Eucaristía, signo de amor, entrega y esperanza que no se apaga. «Hagan esto en memoria mía.» (Lc 22, 19) Unidos en oración, acompañamos a Jesús en la noche en que se entregó por nosotros.

'The cross reveals a God who does not abandon the wounded; a God who refuses to look away from pain, a God whose love persists even when confronted by violence and death. And if that is true, then those who follow Christ are called to the same stubborn faithfulness; to resist indifference; to stand with the most marginalized of the earth; to refuse the quiet lie that injustice is simply the way things must be.' Our Commonwealth Theologian, the Reverend Allan Palanna, on the power of the cross and Christ's example. Watch the full sermon: youtu.be/_6AP7qI5sVk

'Jesus will be thrown around, between mockers and soldiers. He will be strung up in front of our eyes in ritual execution. He will rise from the tomb. But today, he kneels in front of us, asking whether we can receive his gift of love and reconciliation, and whether we are brave enough to share that gift with others.' Our Canon Theologian, Dr James Hawkey, reflects on the events of #MaundyThursday. Listen to the full reflection now at: audioboom.com/channels/14615… #HolyWeek2026

At the Lebanon/Syria border. Over 200,000 people have crossed into Syria in a month. Humanitarian teams on the ground are constantly responding, constantly adapting.

Please share. Let it be known that many Israelis are enraged by the Ben-Gvirite settler terror and the death penalty law, and that some of them are brave enough to demonstrate and face unprecedented police brutality in the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Con profunda fe vivimos en Gaza la jornada del Domingo de Ramos: adoración al Santísimo Sacramento, procesión y Santa Misa, dando inicio a la Semana Santa, la más importante para los cristianos. Entre ramos y oraciones, acompañamos al Señor en su entrada en Jerusalén, pidiéndole la gracia de seguirlo con fidelidad también en su Pasión. ¡Bendito el que viene en nombre del Señor!

JUST IN: Israeli Police prevented Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre today, as he went to say Mass. @LPJerusalem calls it a “grave precedent” which “constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure.” Full statement from @LPJerusalem below —— Joint Press Release The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Holy City of Jerusalem Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026 This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo, OFM, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass. The two were stopped en route, while proceeding privately and without any characteristics of a procession or ceremonial act, and were compelled to turn back. As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This incident is a grave precedent,and disregard the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem. The Heads of the Churches have acted with full responsibility and, since the outset of the war, have complied with all imposed restrictions: public gatherings were cancelled, attendance was prohibited, and arrangements were made to broadcast the celebrations to hundreds of millions of faithful worldwide, who, during these days of Easter, turn their eyes to Jerusalem and to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Preventing the entry of the Cardinal and the Custos, who bear the highest ecclesiastical responsibility for the Catholic Church and the Holy Places, constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure. This hasty and fundamentally flawed decision, tainted by improper considerations, represents an extreme departure from basic principles of reasonableness, freedom of worship, and respect for the Status Quo. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land express their profound sorrow to the Christian faithful in the Holy Land and throughout the world that prayer on one of the most sacred days of the Christian calendar has thus been prevented.

“I have decided not only to not remain silent, but to draw the attention of the ICC in The Hague so that it may take enforcement measures and issue arrest warrants." Ex-PM Olmert calls for #ICC intervention against settler violence in #WestBank: timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…