Holy Land Councillor News

With the beginning of September, some 12,000 youngsters of the Terra Sancta Schools of the Custodia have begun the new school year. A message of peace comes for them and from them. “Our mission is to educate for peace. Our schools are laboratories of peace,” said Fra Ibrahim Faltas, the Custody Vicar and director of

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From June 11th until June 16th, 2024, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, conducted a pastoral visit to Haifa, which was spent in communion with the faithful, overseeing the life of the church in Haifa, meeting the communities, and presiding over the yearly procession for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. As usual, the

JERUSALEM – On Sunday, March 24th, 2024, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, presided over the Palm Sunday celebrations, with the participation of Mgr. William Shomali, Patriarchal General Vicar, Fr. Francesco Patton, the Custos of the Holy Land, and many bishops, priests and faithful. The celebrations began at the Church of the

On Sunday, January 7th, 2024, on the Feast Day of the Baptism of the Lord, also known as Theophany, Fr. Yousef, Vicar priest of the Latin parish of Gaza, administered the sacrament of First Holy Communion to eight children of the parish after completing their preparation program and education, despite the war. During the past

This year the Christian youth in the diocese of Jerusalem celebrated the feast of Christ the King differently due to the situation in the Holy Land. Hence, each committee decided to hold a specific and brief celebration, which focused on the spiritual aspect of the feast and its relation to the youth’s life, while centering