Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Bethlehem: Church of the Nativity




Visited Bethlehem to0day, Tuesday 15 September. We had mass in the Church of the Nativity. Then had visits to a pastoral centre, shepherds' field (area of the shepherds outside Bethlehem) and Bethlehem University (students 40% christian, 60% moslem). Very interesting. Seeing the Segregation Wall was quite disturbing. An awful sight. Palestinian people living in Bethlehem (christian and moslem) are in effect cut off.