Palestinian Catholic brings ‘miracle of Santa’ to Jerusalem’s Old City

Walk down St Peter Street from the Old City’s New Gate, past some shuttered shops and the closed Knight’s Palace hotel, continue down through the winding stone-paved alleyway of the Christian Quarter and soon you will hit “Santa Lane,” where in December you can find the festively decorated and lit Santa’s House, replete with a... Read More

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December 7, 2020

Israeli police arrest man for throwing firebomb inside Catholic church

Israeli police have arrested a Jewish man after he allegedly threw a firebomb inside the Basilica of All Nations at Gethsemane Church on the Mount of Olives on 4th December. Though not immediately identified, the man was wearing a large crocheted skullcap generally associated with Jewish settlers. Franciscan Fr Benito Choque, superior of the Convent of Gethsemane, told Catholic... Read More

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October 23, 2020

This year, ‘we can recognise Gethsemane in the whole world’

The uncharacteristic silence at the hermitage of the Garden of Gethsemane was, in a way, fitting to the current world situation, said Franciscan Fr Diego Dalla Gassa, who is responsible for the hermitage garden. “We are in a hermitage and I am a hermit; our mission is to be more one for prayers and intercession…so... Read More

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October 11, 2020

Pandemic leaves streets empty and shops shuttered in Jerusalem’s Old City

During all the years he has worked as an assistant to the Franciscan Fathers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jeries Majlaton has never seen the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem so deserted. Not even during the five-year Second Intifada, which began 20 years ago, was the emptiness of the streets so... Read More

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May 28, 2020

Amid joy as Bethlehem reopens, Christians have uncertainty about future

Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site opened to visitors on 26th May after being closed since March because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But amid the joy was a feeling of uncertainty about their economic future, as pilgrims and tourists are not yet able to return. In the creche... Read More

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May 12, 2020

Church leaders oppose Israeli plans to annex unilaterally West Bank land

Moving forward with an Israeli plan to unilaterally annex West Bank land could mean the end to the already languishing Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, said the heads of the Holy Land churches. “An array of plans for Israel to unilaterally annex West Bank land, backed mainly by right-wing factions, raises serious and catastrophic questions about the... Read More

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April 23, 2020

East Jerusalem Catholic hospital gets coronavirus unit for Palestinians

When the Israeli Ministry of Health asked St Joseph’s Hospital to set up a coronavirus unit, the hospital had it completed within a week. Jamil Koussa, general director of the hospital, said normally it would take 20 days to prepare such an infectious disease unit, which requires special negative pressure pumps to clear the air... Read More

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April 21, 2020

Vatican donates ventilators to hospitals in Syria and sets up emergency fund

In the name of Pope Francis, the Congregation for Eastern Churches said it is sending 10 ventilators to Syria and three to St Joseph’s Hospital in Jerusalem to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The donations were among the first items announced by the congregation as it launched an emergency fund in response to the pandemic.... Read More

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April 14, 2020

When families pray together, Jesus is there, says Jerusalem archbishop

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said being unable to attend Mass in a community has made people realise how much they miss “celebrating the love that conquers every death”. Celebrating the Easter morning Mass in the co-cathedral of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the archbishop emphasised the importance of... Read More

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