20 Dec 2015

Brother Peter Bray of Bethlehem

From Sunday Morning, 9:39 am on 20 December 2015

For the world's Christians, at this time of year the world's focus turns to Bethlehem – a Palestinian city with a mixed Christian Muslim community lying in the West Bank.

Brother Peter Bray is a New Zealander who is now Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University – the first university established in Palestine and the only Catholic University in the Holy Land.

He tells Wallace Chapman that he sometimes finds it difficult to believe he gets to spend Christmas in the birthplace of Christ.

Brother Peter Bray in Manger Square, Bethlehem

Brother Peter Bray in Manger Square, Bethlehem Photo: Supplied