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AT CHRISTMAS TIME A RETURN TO THE BEGINNING
Support the Custody of the Holy Land in Bethlehem *** Your contribution can help the franciscan friars of the Holy Land to meet the needs of children, young families, the elderly. *** This Christmas please support their efforts to build peace in this land that is the crossroads of love for humanity. Children and families of Bethlehem Children, young people and families: these are [...]Press
Are you a journalist interested in writing about the Holy Land? Do you need information about Christians in the Holy Land? Would you like to receive more information on our projects? If you would like to do more than just write in a superficial way about the situation in the Middle East – if you would like to share “good” news about the region – we’d like to help you [...]The Intervention of the Custos of the Holy Land at the Rimini Meeting
Presentation of the exhibition “Through the eyes of the Apostles – A presence that overwhelms life” Rimini, 24 August 2011 “I would like to begin by saying that what has been asked of me is not at all simple. I have been asked to speak to you of Capernaum – a very beautiful and fascinating Place – in relation to my experience of faith in Christ, and to show how [...]Custos of the Holy Land
The head of ATS Pro Terra Sancta is de jure the Custos of the Holy Land. P. Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM is the head of the Custody of the Holy Land, the Franciscan province in the Middle East. He is called a custos (“custodian”) because in 1342, the Pope entrusted the Franciscans of his province with the preservation of Christian holy sites in the Holy Land. The custos is appointed by [...]
Medical emergency
In the Holy Land territory of the Palestinian Authority there is no public medical assistance. The family, which does not receive any help other than from the parish, has to find the way to take care of all types of illness of their children. If serious illness strikes (leukemia, tumors, kidney surgery or dialysis), the parish priest verifies the gravity and urgency of the need and seeks financial aid from [...]Social projects
Helping those in need in the Holy Land Providing emergency relief, alleviating social hardships, supporting minorities, caring for the elderly, providing support in cases of illness, assisting with housing needs, resolving conflicts in the Holy Places in the Holy Land… The Holy Land is plagued with many conflicts, and about the only reasons it ever makes headlines are the ongoing violence, the religious extremism there, and the walls that have [...]Cultural projects- Holy Places
Since 1342, when Pope Clement VI, with his bull, gave the Franciscans the task of protecting the Holy Sepulchre of the Lord, the Holy Cenacle and the other Holy Places across the sea,” the Custody of the Holy Land has committed, in the name of all of Christianity, to recovering and caring for the Holy Places of our Redemption. Their tasks include holding mass and prayer services and providing spiritual [...]
The images of Gaza and the small Christian community that lives there
It must be because, living and travelling around the Holy Land, you get used to the checkpoints, military controls and situations of tension. It must be because, for years, TV and the press have bombarded us with images and news on the situation in the Gaza Strip. It must be because, with the slackening of the blockade, daily life and the availability of products and goods seems, at least according [...]
Support for the disabled people in the Gaza strip
The Gaza strip The Gaza strip is around 40km in length and 10km in width. This coastal area of land is home to around 1.5 million Arab Palestinians, of which around half are minors. Around two thirds of the population are refugees, forced to abandon their homes following the wars of 1948 and 1967 and move to one of the 8 refugee camps now found on the Gaza strip. The [...]
