Holy Land: HLC Bishops, Palestinian refugees suffer “ongoing violations of human dignity. This cannot be tolerated”

Holy Land. The cry of young refugees in Jenin: “Nobody can take aware our dreams”

On Sunday January 13 the bishops of the Holy Land Coordination from USA, Canada, EU and South Africa, visited the…

Holy Land: Father Patton, Custos: “Christmas is a tragedy not a farcical comedy”

The Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, refreshes the memory of a passage from Ungaretti’s poem, Christ, “An…

Holy Land. Sister Tighe (Caritas Jerusalem): “We help the poor of all religions in Occupied Palestinian Territories and in Gaza”

Poverty in the Holy Land through the eyes of Sister Bridget Tighe, Director General of Caritas Jerusalem. Less than a…

Holy See: record-breaking number of pilgrimages in 2018. Mons. Marcuzzo (Jerusalem): “Pilgrims ambassadors of peace”

Pilgrims return to visit the Holy Land. To date as many as 538,429 pilgrims have visited shrines cared for by…

Holy Land: Catholic Ordinaries (AOCTS), “Christians, Muslims, Druses, Baha’is and Jews ask to be treated as equal citizens”

Synod on Young People: mgr. Bacaouni (Haifa), “staying faithful to Jesus, that’s the challenge for young people in the Holy Land”

Holy Land. Franciscan Father Mario Hadchity, from Jericho: “We teach on the grounds of mutual religious respect”

In the Muslim city of Jericho, where the small Christian minority is a tiny yet powerful beacon of hope, the…

+++ Clashes in Jerusalem: Mgr. Pizzaballa (Patriarchate), condemnation of “all forms of violence, any cynical use of human lives and disproportionate violence”.+++

Gaza and Jerusalem, where peace proceeds “with the pace of the pilgrims”

Hours of tension and concern in Jerusalem and Gaza. The Holy City is preparing for the transfer of the US…

Holy Land: Palestinian government. Orthodox Easter will not be a holiday. Father Khader (parish priest of Ramallah) to SIR, “inexplicable decision”