PILGRIMAGES —
After two years of suspension due to the pandemic, pilgrims are slowly but steadily returning to the Holy Land. Hotels,…
FLORENCE 2022 —
The Custody in Florence. Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, will be among the participants in the meeting…
Solidarity —
The “Aid to the Butterfly Children” project, (“Aiuto ai Bambini Farfalla”) promoted by the local Latin Catholic parish together with…
TESTIMONY —
We saw him at the side of Pope Francis virtually every moment of the apostolic journey to Cyprus and Greece,…
TESTIMONY —
We saw him at the side of Pope Francis virtually every moment of the apostolic journey to Cyprus and Greece,…
OFFICIAL VISIT —
Father Massimo Fusarelli visited the Holy Land past October 20-25. It was the first ‘official’ visit since his appointment, on…
CONFLICT —
Mob violence exploited for political ends, the absence of the international community and, above all, the supply of weapons despite…
EASTER 2021 —
For Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, Easter in Jerusalem this year will not be celebrated behind closed…
TESTIMONY —
The Syrian conflict enters its tenth year ( March 15, 2011), with almost half a million deaths. Some 12 million…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY —
The Pope’s visit to Iraq seen from Jerusalem by the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton
MIDDLE EAST —
Covid-19 had a heavy impact also on the schools of the Custody of the Holy Land, especially the Palestinian schools…
HEALTH EMERGENCY —
Deaths and infections, pilgrimages cancelled, places of worship closed, economy in crisis: Israelis and Palestinians are fighting the coronavirus on…
