Holy Land. Patton (Custos): “Next Easter will not be as humiliated and sober as it was in 2020”

For Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, Easter in Jerusalem this year will not be celebrated behind closed…

Solemn Entry to the Holy Sepulchre. Patriarch Pizzaballa: “I will bring with me what I am, all my limitations and my thirty years of life in the Holy Land”

Next December 4, Msgr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa will make his Solemn Entry to the Cathedral of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem…

Terra Santa. Card. Filoni (Order of the Holy Sepulchre): “Support to local Christians continues despite Covid-19.”

Since May, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre supported the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem with approximately €3 million to…

Holy Land Collection: Card. Sandri (Oriental Churches), “solidarity and human fraternity pilgrimage”

On Sunday, September 13, the Church will celebrate the Good Friday Collection, postponed this year due to the pandemic. SIR…

Coronavirus Covid-19: difficulties for Catholic schools in the Holy Land. Those in Jericho and Bethlehem  risk closing

Covid-19 had a heavy impact also on the schools of the Custody of the Holy Land, especially the Palestinian schools…

Middle East: Catholic and Anglican bishops to the British government and Westminster, preventing Israeli annexation of the West Bank

Coronavirus Covid-19: Jerusalem, Easter “behind closed doors” but with an ever …empty Sepulchre. Custos Patton: “Don’t stop at Good Friday”

“Easter is not a myth, it’s the truth to which we cling.” From Jerusalem, the Custos of the Holy Land,…

Coronavirus Covid-19. Patton (Custos): “Now is the time of the pilgrimage of incessant prayer” 

Deaths and infections, pilgrimages cancelled, places of worship closed, economy in crisis: Israelis and Palestinians are fighting the coronavirus on…

Coronavirus Covid-19. Nativity Church in Bethlehem closes. Father Patton (Custos of the Holy Land): “We comply with the authorities’ provisions”

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has ordered closing of all churches and mosques for the next 14 days in the…

Holy Land. Sister Tighe (Caritas Jerusalem): “Resume dialogue to curb the tensions. Palestinians are losing hope”

Sister Bridget Tighe, Director General of Caritas Jerusalem, took stock of the situation in Gaza and the Palestinian Territories. “The…

Gaza Strip: mgr. Broglio (Hlc), “Christians always refuse unilateral positions”