Pope Francis appeals to Holy Land Catholics as bishops consecrate Middle East to Holy Family
Pope Francis urged Catholics in the Middle East on Sunday to “be the salt of your lands” as their bishops consecrated the region to the Holy Family....
Category: The Holy Land
Archbishop: Probe war crimes in Holy Land
The Catholic archbishop of Cape Town has called for an investigation by the International Criminal Court “into possible war crimes” committed in the Holy Land, so that...
In Silent Church of the Beatitudes, Franciscan Nuns Expand their Prayers
By Judith Sudilovsky – The palm tree fronds in the convent garden of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary rustle loudly in the brisk...
Vatican Cardinal to Catholics: This year’s Good Friday collection vital for Holy Land Christians
Christians will struggle to remain in the Holy Land without financial help from Catholics worldwide on Good Friday, a Vatican cardinal has said. In a letter, Cardinal Leonardo...
Franciscans Mark 600 years as Guardians of Christendom’s Most Sacred Sites
By Julie Asher – Before he became guardian and commissary of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington in 2013, Franciscan Father Larry Dunham made...
Bishops, visiting Holy Land virtually, see ‘less cause for optimism’
By Judith Sudilovsky – Bishops who spent six days visiting virtually with Christians in the Holy Land said “it has become painfully clear that there is today less...
Church of the Gethsemane in Jerusalem Firebombed
By Judith Sudilovsky – Israeli police arrested a Jewish man after he allegedly threw a firebomb inside the Basilica of All Nations at Gethsemane Church on the...
Priest: This Year, We Can Recognise Gethsemane In The Whole World
By Judith Sudilovsky – The uncharacteristic silence at the hermitage of the Garden of Gethsemane was, in a way, fitting to the current world situation, said Franciscan...
Pandemic Leaves Streets Empty in the Holy Land
By Judith Sudilovsky – During all the years he has worked as an assistant to the Franciscan Fathers at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jeries Majlaton has...
Driving Out Christians
Pilgrims to the Holy Land will see in abundance the holy shrines of Our Lord and the rocks of the prophets. These are often referred to as...
Southern Cross Pilgrims Prepare for the Holy Land
Gauteng-based pilgrims taking part in the Southern Cross pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Rome in May came together for a preparation meeting at the Jesuit Institute...
Brislin on the Holy Land: The Church Cannot Stay Silent
Addressing Palestinian Christians in the West Bank town of Zababdeh, Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town said the Church cannot be silent or neutral in the face...
