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A Global Christian Declaration: An Urgent Call for Equality, Peace, and Justice, and the Future of Christianity in the Middle East

Issued in Commemoration of the Global Day of Prayer for Peace  – October 29, 2026
 

Along with the below letter signed by over 200 Bishops, Churches for Middle East Peace sent this cover-letter to the Administration of President Donald Trump. 

 

To governments, to all people of goodwill, and to the faithful entrusted to our care:

On this 40th anniversary of the Global Day of Prayer for Peace, we join Pope Leo XIV and Christians around the world in renewing the call offered by St. John Paul II at Assisi in 1986 and reaffirmed by Pope Francis in 2023: to reject violence, uphold human dignity, and pursue a just and lasting peace.

We affirm every person’s right to worship freely, practice their faith without fear, and live according to their own conscience. Religious freedom, human dignity, peace, and justice are inseparable. As bishops and Christian leaders from around the world, we issue this declaration because Christianity in the Holy Land and Middle East has reached a critical moment. We speak as Christians, but our care and concern are for all who call this sacred region home.

Our Christian faith teaches that every person is created in the image of God (imago Dei). All of creation is sacred. Every community deserves security, freedom, and dignity. Where religious communities are persecuted, displaced, or denied equal rights, peace cannot flourish. Where people of different faiths live with mutual respect and equal protection, societies are strengthened and reconciliation becomes possible.

We condemn antisemitism, Islamophobia, Christian persecution, Christian Zionism, and every ideology and theology that privileges or excludes any group of people or denies the God-given worth of any human being. Every person, regardless of faith, race, culture, or nationality is to be treated with dignity, and receive the protection and preservation of all their human rights including religious freedom and equal protection under the law.

Across the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East, we witness immense suffering. Wars and crises in Israel and Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Iraq, and the wider region have claimed countless lives, displaced millions, devastated communities, and deepened fear and division. Innocent civilians continue to bear the greatest burden of war.

We are particularly alarmed by the rapid decline of Christian communities throughout the region. Ancient churches that have borne witness to Christ for nearly two thousand years are shrinking as families emigrate in search of safety, stability, and a less uncertain future. If these trends continue, the birthplace of Christianity risks becoming a place where Christians remain only as visitors rather than living communities rooted in their historic homeland. We must act now, or Christians may all but disappear from the Middle East.

We are concerned by the continued challenges facing our Christian brothers and sisters in Jerusalem. We support a shared Jerusalem with freedom of worship for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and all who call the city holy. In Palestine, Christians - like their Muslim neighbors - face growing uncertainty as violence, movement restrictions, economic hardship, and displacement by the policies of the Israeli government and the actions of settlers drive families from their homes. In the illegally occupied West Bank, including the historic Christian town of Taybeh, escalating settler attacks - enabled and supported by the Israeli military - against communities, homes, farms, and places of worship are alarming. An absence of protection or accountability further undermines confidence in the rule of law and threatens the future of Palestinian life, including for Palestinian Christians.In Gaza, the Christian community now numbers around 500 out of the overall population of more than 2 million Palestinians.  Families have suffered alongside their Muslim neighbors through immense loss, displacement, hunger, and destruction resulting from Israel’s three-year military campaign that has not ended. We call for the recognition of human dignity and due process for all those detained, and protection of every civilian without distinction.

Lebanon continues to endure overlapping political, economic, and security crises, compounded by Israel’s ongoing military operations and occupation in parts of southern Lebanon. These pressures have accelerated Christian emigration and displacement. Syria’s ancient Christian communities continue to struggle after more than a decade of devastating war and unilateral U.S. economic sanctions. Armenia, the first nation to adopt Christianity as its state religion, also faces profound security challenges. Armenia’s stability and the preservation of its ancient Christian heritage remain matters of concern for the global Church. Throughout the region, escalating violence threatens broader wars that would endanger all peoples and faith communities.

The diminishing presence of Christians in the Middle East is not simply a Christian concern. It signals that justice, equality, security, and hope are failing for everyone. The Church does not seek privilege for Christians; we seek societies where Christians, Muslims, Jews, Druze, Yazidis, and all people can flourish together with equal rights, dignity, and protection under the law.

We therefore call upon governments and the international community to pursue a just peace with renewed courage. We urge leaders to end violence through proactive, sustained diplomacy; ensure unhindered humanitarian assistance and access to daily needs; protect places of worship and vulnerable communities; and uphold human rights and international humanitarian law without exception.

We also call upon Christians throughout the world to respond faithfully. Pray without ceasing for peace with justice. Stand in solidarity with the churches and people of the Middle East. Support diaconal and humanitarian ministries that serve all people, regardless of religion, belief, or no belief. Welcome those displaced by conflict and advocate for their safe right to return to their homes and communities if desired. Promote reconstruction and/or compensation for damaged and destroyed communities, medical and educational institutions, and other properties. . Ensure that those state and non-state actors responsible for violations of international law are held accountable for the loss of life, suffering, damage and destruction that they have caused.  Reject hatred and dehumanization. Raise your voices with elected leaders, urging policies that advance peace, protect human dignity, uphold international law, and preserve the religious diversity of the Middle East.

The future of Christianity in the Holy Land will not be secured by walls, weapons, or war. It will be secured when justice, equality, diplomacy, and peace prevail for all who live there.

May we renew our common commitment to become peacemakers in word and deed. Together with the global church, churches of the Holy Land, and people of goodwill around the world, we pray and work for the day when collectively we beat our swords into plowshares, every family lives without fear under their own fig tree, and lands made holy by God become places where people of every faith live together in freedom, dignity, and peace.

May God go before us and make straight the path toward peace.

 

Bishop and Executive-Level Leader Signatories
 

Sir Jeffery Abood, KCHS
Chair, Catholic Advisory Council
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) 
United States

Rev. Eddy Alemán  
General Secretary  
Reformed Church in America  
United States 

Peter Digitale Anderson  
Executive Director  
Peace Catalyst International
United States

Fr. Varghese Antony, SJ 
Director  
Madurai Province of India
India

Rev. Earl Arnold  
Secretary  
Presbyterian Peace Network for Korea
United States

Archbishop Vicken Aykazian  
Executive Director, Ecumenical Director and Diocesan Legate, Diocese  
Armenian Church of America
United States

Rev. Ms. April Baker  
Interim Director  
Alliance of Baptists
United States

Rev. Hannah Baker  
Regional Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa  
Evangelical Covenant Church
United States

Rev. Luca Baraldi  
Chancellor  
Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith
Canada

Rev. David E. Bennett  
President, Provincial Elders' Conference  
Moravian Church in North America, Northern Province
United States

Bishop Giorgio Bertin  
President
Caritas MONA  
Italy

Bishop Steven Biegler  
Bishop  
Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne
United States

Rev. Fr. Oliver Borg Olivier, SJ
Member of the Board of Directors, JRS - Malta  
Society of Jesus
Malta

Fr. Francis J. Breen  
Justice and Peace Coordinator  
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
United States

Bishop Sue Briner  
Bishop  
Southwestern Texas Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
United States

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Bishop
The Episcopal Diocese of Washington
United States

Rev. Marin J. Burnham  
Coordinating Committee  
Priests Against Genocide
United States


Monsignor Gerard Burns  
Vicar-General  
Archdiocese of Wellington
New Zealand

Rev. Edgar Busuttil, SJ  
Director, Paulo Freire Institute Malta  
Society of Jesus
Malta

Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon  
Executive Director  
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
United States

Bishop Christian Carlassare  
Bishop  
Catholic Diocese of Bentiu
South Sudan

Sr. Janice Cebula  
Past President  
Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
United States

Rev. Canon Paul G. Chandler  
President  
CARAVAN
United States

Rev. Fr. Matthew Charlesworth, SJ  
Development Director  
Society of Jesus  
Zimbabwe

Rev. Frank Chikane  
Former International President
Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM)
South Africa

Elizabeth Cho  
Director of Organizing  
Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network Faith-based Caucus
United States

Shane Claiborne  
Founder  
Red Letter Christians
United States

Kyle Cristofalo
Head of DC Office, Senior Director of Advocacy and Government Relations
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
United States

Fr. Stephen Cummins, OP  
Prior  
Dominican  
United States

Rt. Reverend James Curry
Chair of Trustees
Friends of the Holy Land
United Kingdom

Rev. Giancarlo Dallospedale  
Director of the Missionary Center  
Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
Italy

Bishop Robin Dease  
Episcopal Leader
The United Methodist Church
Georgia Conference
United States

Bishop Jan De Groef  
Bishop Emeritus  
Catholic Diocese of Bethlehem
South Africa

Marie Dennis  
Co-Director, Catholic Institute for Nonviolence
Pax Christi International 
United States

Bishop Edwin Desmond Pockpass  
Liaison Bishop for ACSA Support for Palestine and the Middle East  
Anglican Church in Southern Africa
South Africa

George Devendorf  
Senior Director, External Relations  
Church World Service
United States

H.E. Vicki Downey, DGCHS  
Lieutenant
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
United States

Rt. Rev. Justin Duckworth  
Bishop of Wellington  
Anglican Diocese of Wellington
New Zealand

Bishop Paul D. Erickson  
Bishop
Greater Milwaukee Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
United States

Jamie Eyre
CEO
Embrace the Middle East
United Kingdom

Ann Farr
Vice-President
Pax Christi England and Wales
United Kingdom

Dr. Roland Fernandes  
General Secretary  
General Board of Global Ministries
The United Methodist Church
United States

Bishop Stacie R. Fidlar  
Bishop  
Northern Illinois Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
United States

Dr. Miok Lee Fowler  
Former Be Just, Be Green, Western Regional Director  
United Methodist in Denver  
United States

Rev. César García  
General Secretary  
Mennonite World Conference
Canada

Rev. Dr. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson  
General Secretary Emeritus
Reformed Church in America (RCA)
United States

Blondel A.B. Jones Grant  
Provincial Elders Conference  
Moravian Church in America, Northern Province
United States

Rev. Bruce Gillette  
Co-Moderator of Justice in Mission and Ministry Team  
Presbytery of Susquehanna Valley (PCUSA)
United States 

Susan Gunn  
Director  
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
United States

Rev. Dr. Andrew S. Hamilton  
District Executive  
Southeastern District Church of the Brethren
United States

Fr. Paul E. Hansen, C.Ss.R. 
JPIC Director
Redemptorists
Canada

Rev. Dr. Jay R. Hartley  
Regional Minister and President  
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Arizona
United States

Rev. Jimmie R. Hawkins  
Director of Advocacy  
Presbyterian Church (USA)
United States

Fr. John Heagle
Coordinator
Priests Against Genocide-USA

Erikka Hedberg  
Board Member Representative for the Evangelical Covenant Church
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
Canada

Charlene Howard  
Executive Director  
Pax Christi USA
United States

Rev. Dominic Howarth  
Episcopal Vicar  
Caritas Diocese of Brentwood
United Kingdom

Sr. Teresa Hougnon, MM  
President  
Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic
United States

Fr. Irudhaya Jothi, SJ
 Udayani Social Action Forum
Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
India

Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian
Ecumenical Officer
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
United States

Bishop Steven C. Kellogg 
Board Member Representative 
Community of Christ 
United States

Patrick Kelly 
Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool
Diocese of Liverpool 
United Kingdom

Bruce Fred Knotts  
President
NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security
United States

Rev. Sue Koenig
Board Member, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
Moravian Church in North America
United States

Rev. Cindy Kohlmann
Lead Presbyter & Stated Clerk
New Castle Presbytery– Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
United States

Ferdinand Labitag
Main Representative at the United Nations
Congregation of the Mission
United States

Rt. Rev. Dr. Michael Langrish
Bishop Emeritus of Exeter
Church of England
United Kingdom

Rt. Reverend Kym Lucas
Bishop
Episcopal Diocese of Colorado
United States

Rev. Vincent Magri
Superior 
Jesuit Community in Malta
Malta

Rev. Dr. Felix Javier Malpica  
Bishop  
La Crosse Area Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
United States

Fr. Rito Maresca
Coordinator 
Priests Against Genocide-International 
Italy

Dr. Frazer Mascarenhas, SJ 
Secretary for Social Justice and Ecology  
Jesuit Province of Bombay
India

Fr. Bonaventure Mashata  
Secretary, Department for Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue and Dialogue with the Secular World  
Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference
South Africa

Bishop Mercy T. Manzini  
Founder  
Gender Based Violence Advocacy
South Africa

Bishop MJ Matebane  
President  
Leadership Institute of Bishops and Apostles
South Africa

Sr. Mary McAteer  
Congregation Leader  
Missionary Srs of the Assumption, Ireland & South Africa
South Africa

Fr. Joseph McCullough  
Great Britain Director  
St Patrick’s Missionary Society
United Kingdom

Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie
President and General Secretary
National Council of the Churches of Christ
United States

Very Rev. Dr. Andrew R. C. McLellan  
Former Moderator of the General Assembly  
Church of Scotland
United Kingdom

Bishop Motlatsi Meshack Phomane  
Diocesan Bishop  
Catholic Diocese of Bethlehem
South Africa

Mark Mitchell  
Humanitarian and Development Manager  
Anglican Missions NZ
New Zealand

Rev. Prof. Dr. Leepo Modise  
Moderator
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
South Africa

Rev. Dr. Sidwell Mokgothu  
District Bishop  
Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Limpopo District
South Africa

Rev. Deborah Lee Moorgas  
Member of the Palestine Advisory Board  
Anglican Church of Southern Africa
South Africa

Dr. Bridget Moix  
General Secretary  
Friends Committee on National Legislation
United States

Rev Mzwandile Molo
General Secretary 
South African Council of Churches 
South Africa

Rev. Juan Montes Zúñiga, MM  
Secretary General  
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
United States

Bishop Joy Mortensen-Wiebe  
Bishop  
South-Central Synod of Wisconsin 
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
United States

Rev. Dr. Lungile Mpetsheni  
Former General Secretary  
Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
South Africa

Archbishop Zolile P. Mpambani, SCJ  
Archbishop  
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
South Africa

Rev. Dr. Stephen Murray
Former Executive Minister and Head of Communion 
International Council of Community Churches
United States

Sr. Catherine Murugan  
Provincial Leader  
Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux in South Africa
South Africa

Rev. Brother Emmanuel Mwanalirenji  
Provincial  
Marist Brothers
Zimbabwe

Michael Nasello  
Director  
Passionist Solidarity Network
United States

Sr. Celestine Ndlovu, OP
Superior, General
Ntaba Maria sisters of the Mother of Divine Love Diocese of Queenstown
South Africa

Archbishop Thami Ngcana  
President  
Council of Independent Churches in South Africa
South Africa

Fr. Makau Nicholas, IMC
Director, JPIC Africa
Consolata Missionaries
Kenya

Rev. B.M. Ngcayisa 
Former Moderator
Presbyterian Church of Africa 
South Africa

Rev. David M. Neuhaus, SJ
Emeritus Superior 
Jesuit Community of the Holy Land
Palestine/Israel

Moderator Samuel Sithembiso Nkumanda  
Moderator  
Presbyterian Church of Africa
South Africa

Bishop Frank Nubuasah  
Archbishop  
Catholic Diocese of Gaborone
Botswana

Sr. Itumeleng Nthunya  
General Superior  
Handmaids of Christ the Priest Sisters
South Africa

Rev. Pumla Nzimande
Presiding Bishop
The Methodist Church of Southern Africa
South Africa

Rev. Jihyun Oh  
State Clerk of the General Assembly & Executive Director of Presbyterian Life & Witness  
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
United States

Sr. Zelna Oosthuizen, RGS  
President  
Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life in Southern Africa
South Africa

Rev. Teresa Hord Owens
General Minister and President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
United States 

Brother Michael Perry, OFM  
Provincial Minister  
Order of Friars Minor, Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe
United States

Rev. Rob Peterson  
President  
Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada
Canada

Thao Phi  
Secretary General  
Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life
South Africa

Rev. Nathan D. Pipho  
Bishop  
New England Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
United States

Bishop Jose Luis Ponce de Leon, IMC
Bishop
Catholic Diocese of Manzini
Eswatini

Rev. Sharon Prestemon
Associate General Minister (UCC), Co-Executive of Global Ministries
United Church of Christ (USA)
United States

Rev. Dr. M.C. Rajan  
Executive Secretary
Justice, Peace and Development Office
Catholic Bishops' Conference of India
India

Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri
Bishop and Cardinal  
Diocese of Huehuetenango
Guatemala

Elvira Ramirez  
Executive Director  
Maryknoll Lay Missioners
United States

Padre Alberto Remondini  
President  
Fondazione Sant'Ignazio
Italy

Rev. Pater Rolf  
Präsident of Eastern Europe Help Association  
Diocesi di Coira Svizzera
Switzerland

Bishop Peter A. Rosazza  
Bishop
Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, CT
United States

Rev. Chris Rose  
Director  
Amos Trust
United Kingdom

Bishop Thomas Graham Rose  
Chairman - Department of Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue, SACBC  
Catholic Diocese of Dundee
South Africa

Rev. Jack Sara  
President  
Bethlehem Bible College
Palestine/Israel

Richard L. Santos  
President & CEO  
Church World Service
United States

Sr. Susan M. Sanders, RSM  
President  
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
United States

Mako Sekhubedu
General Directress  
Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life Southern Africa (LCCL SA)
South Africa

Rev. Grace Shim  
Executive Minister  
Serve Globally - Evangelical Covenant Church
United States

Rev. Dr. Ronald Shive
Convener
Presbyterian Advisory Council 
Churches for Middle East Peace
United States

Bishop William Shomali  
Auxiliary Bishop  
Catholic Church
Palestine/Israel

Rt. Rev. Adam J. (Haggagi) Shoemaker  
Bishop  
Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
United States

Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka  
President of the South African Council of Churches  
Archdiocese of Cape Town
South Africa

Andrea Smith
Co-Founder and Chair
Evangelicals for Justice (E4J)
United States

Rev. David Steele  
General Secretary  
Church of the Brethren
United States 

Rev. Dr. Bishop Kevin L. Strickland  
Bishop  
Southeastern Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
United States

Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv.  
Bishop; President 
Catholic Diocese of Lexington; Pax Christi USA
United States

Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson    
General Minister and President/Chief Executive Officer    
United Church of Christ    
United States

Nikki Toyama-Szeto  
Executive Director  
Christians for Social Action
United States 

Russell Testa
Chair of the Board
Churches for Middle East Peace
United States

Rev. Canon Janet Trisk  
Member, Advisory Group on Palestine and the Holy Lands  
Anglican Church of Southern Africa
South Africa

Bishop Julius C. Trimble  
General Secretary  
The United Methodist Church
General Board of Church and Society
United States

Most Rev. Duncan Theodore Tsoke
Bishop of Kimberley
Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
South Africa

Rev. Fr. Joseph Leo Vadakkan  
Provincial  
Society of the Divine Word
Botswana

Canon Dr. Ruth Valerio
Director of Programmes, Partnerships & Advocacy
Embrace the Middle East
United Kingdom

Dr. Jimmy Walters
Main NGO Representative
Sisters of Charity Federation
United States

Bishop Hope Morgan Ward  
Ecumenical Officer  
Council of Bishops, The United Methodist Church
United States

Bishop Rosemarie Wenner  
Co-Ecumenical Officer  
The United Methodist Church
Germany

Rt. Rev. Rodney Whiteman  
Chairperson  
Western Cape Provincial Council of Churches
South Africa

Andrea Williams  
Provincial Elders’ Conference President  
Moravian Church in North America, Southern Province
United States

Apostle Joey Williams
Ecumenical Officer, USA
Community of Christ, USA Team of Apostles
United States

Rt. Rev. Dr. Jo Bailey Wells  
Deputy Secretary General  
Anglican Communion
United Kingdom

​​Rev. James Wheagar 
President
Life Transformer Mission
Côte d’Ivoire

Archpriest Thomas Zain  
Vicar General  
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
United States

Bishop Vincent Mduduzi Zungu
Bishop
Local Ordinary, Diocese of Port Elizabeth
South Africa


Additional Individual Signatories
 


Priest J Aguilar  
Priest  
Diocese of St. Feliu  
Catalonia

Javier Baeza Atienza
Cura Diocesano
Capellán del CP San Carlos Borromeo  
Diócesis de Madrid
España

Priest José Barroso  
Priest  
Arquidiócesis de Braga  
Portugal

Rev. Joseph Baxter  
Administrator of Sacred Heart Parish Belfast  
Diocese of Down and Connor  
Northern Ireland

Rev. Father Giovanni Belloni  
Member of the Missionary Institute  
Italy

Rev. Dr. Joseph Borg  
Visiting Senior Lecturer  
University of Malta  
Malta

Mn. Joan Cabot I Barbany  
Rector de Parròquia  
Arxidiòcesi de Barcelona  
Catalonia

Dr. Alex Vigueras Cherres  
Asesor Pastoral Colegio SSCC Manquehue  
Arquidiócesis de Santiago  
Chile

Mr. Nkululeko Conco  
Lay Person  
Anglican Church of Southern Africa  
South Africa

André Daoust  
Retired Priest  
Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme-Mont-Laurier  
Canada

Rev. Fr. Michael Debono, SJ  
School Chaplain  
Society of Jesus  
Malta

Rev. Dominic Dring  
Permanent Deacon  
Diocese of Arundel and Brighton  
United Kingdom

Rev. Thomas Egan  
Member  
Priests against Genocide  
United Kingdom

Pbro. Dr. Lucio Florio  
Professor  
Arquidiócesis de La Plata  
Argentina

Don Mario Foglia Parrucin  
Parish Priest  
Diocese of Biella  
Italy

Jesús Galafate
Laico de parroquia
Diocesis de Sevilla, España
Andalucía

Antoni Miró Gallego o.p.
Párroco    
Diocese de Carapeguá  
Paraguay

Rev. Alessandro Francesco Girodo  
Parish Priest  
Parroccia SS Martino e Rosa
Italy

Dr. Claudette Harring  
Member  
East Central Synod of WI  
United States

Brother Martin Hunter  
Member  
Order of Preachers  
Ireland

Fr. Lacopo Ladarola, OCD 
Theologian  
Italy

Ms. Elizabeth Lee 
Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO)
Canada

Rev. Adriano Cunha Lima
Xaverian Missionaries
Italy

Rev. Richard Looney  
Rev. Deacon  
United Kingdom

Pbro. Lic. Roberto José Ferrari Luján  
Vicario Parroquial  
Diócesis de San Isidro
Argentina

Sr. LeeAnn Mackeprang  
Sister of the Good Shepherd  
Diocese of St. Louis, MO
United States

Rev. Albert Manich  
Diacon  
Catholic Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat  
Spain

Destiny Magnett
Programs and Outreach Manager
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
United States

Rev. John McGowan OCD 
Sub-Prior  
Discalced Carmelites  
United Kingdom

P. Albert Moliner Sch P.  
Doctor  
Escola Pia  
Spain

Rev. Ivan Montelongo  
Diocesan Priest  
Catholic Diocese of El Paso  
United States

Fr. Mokesh Kantilal Morar  
Organizer  
Young Christian Students Movement  
South Africa

Ph. D. Rev. Xavier Morlans  
Vícar Priest  
Diocese of Barcelona  
Spain

Fra Gianparide Nappi  
Presbitero  
Rete Italiana Preti Contro il Genocidio  
Italy

Fr. Paul Nicholson  
Episcopal Vicar  
Maronite Archeparchy  
Cyprus

Rev. Dr. Claudia Pastor Nolte-Schamm
Trainer and mentor
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church)
South Africa 

Rev. Javier Ojeda  
Parroco  
Diócesis de Madrid  
Spain

Shin-Hwa Park  
Retired clergy  
Presbyterian Peace Network for Korea (PPNK)
United States

Fr. Peter-John Pearson 
Archdiocese of Cape Town  
South Africa

Fr. Joseph Ralph  
Promoter of Lectio Divina  
Dominican  
Ireland

Rev. Umberto Rusconi  
Diocese of Pavia  
Italy

Fr. Alvar Sanchez  
Consultant  
Caritas Apostolic Prefecture  
Morocco

Joaquín Sánchez  
Consiliario  
Hermandad Obrera de Acción Católica (HOAC)  
Spain

Rev. Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Gómez  
Coordinador España y América Latina  
Red Sacerdotes contra el genocidio  
Spain

Fr. Javier Sánchez González 
Capellán de la cárcel de Navalcarnero  
Diócesis de Getafe
Spain

Fr. Godfrey Solomon  
Parish Priest  
Archdiocese of Cape Town  
South Africa

Anne-Marie Stott  
Writer  
Diocese in Rome  
Italy

Rev. Dario Vaona  
Sacerdote  
Diocese di Verona  
Italy

Fr. John Wababa  
Peace Advocate  
Tororo Archdiocese  
Uganda

Dr. Joseph Yi  
Professor  
Hanyang University (Political Science)  
South Korea

Padre Alex Zanotelli  
Father  
Missionario Comboniano  
Italy
 

 

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