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News, events, projects from the Holy Land. Discover the latest news and stories from Pro Terra Sancta. Information is the basis for understanding the value of a land too often forgotten.

07 February 2025
by Emma Garroni
Following the Roots in Jordan
On Thursday, February 6, 2025, the workshop “In the Footsteps of Christianity in the Holy Land of Jordan” concluded in Amman, the capital of Jordan. This three-day event, supported and promoted by Pro Terra Sancta in collaboration with the Latin Patriarchate and the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, aimed to highlight the artistic and cultural Christian heritage […]

31 January 2025
by Giacomo Pizzi
What is happening in Lebanon and Syria? Dialogue with Lorenzo Trombetta
We publish some excerpts from a dialogue with Lorenzo Trombetta, journalist, writer and correspondent for Ansa and other national and international newspapers. Given the numerous upheavals in the Middle East in the last two years, we asked Lorenzo Trombetta for a moment of discussion and in-depth analysis, the first – we hope – of many […]

24 January 2025
by Emma Garroni
Voices after the truce between fears and (faint) hopes
After months of whispered and immediately dissolved hopes, retractions, steps forward and steps back, the truce between Israel and Hamas has been reached: voices from the field tell of contradictory feelings, relief and fear mingle in a painfully human tangle. Truce “I am Hussam Ghosheh, head of Cultural Heritage Education at the Pro Terra Sancta […]

17 January 2025
by Giacomo Pizzi
Gaza: Ceasefire Now Let’s Heal the Roots
With the ceasefire in Gaza announced, a faint hope for stable peace returns. Questions and conflicting interests remain. While waiting for the truce on January 19, the necessary aid is being prepared, but the real challenge is another. They are celebrating in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, they are celebrating the ceasefire which, if it holds, […]

10 January 2025
by Emma Garroni
Jerusalem Deserted: A Christmas in the Holy Land
A “deserted,” “almost motionless” city: this is the Jerusalem that Andrea and Giacomo carry with them on the flight from Tel Aviv back to Milan on an early January day. Christmas in the Holy Land, usually full of people, smiles, celebrations, and journeys, had a different flavor this year. More than a festive moment, our […]

23 December 2024
by Emma Garroni
The Innocents of Today: The Massacre and Hope
The life of each child, cut short at birth, does not matter; the pain of their mother, father, and siblings does not matter. On December 28th, we remember the Holy Innocents, the unwilling protagonists of the tragedy known to the world as the “Massacre of the Innocents.” During the reign of King Herod the Great, […]

20 December 2024
by Emma Garroni
The Street of the Star and Memories
Bethlehem, Star Street: among the light-colored stone buildings lining the road to the Church of the Nativity, there is one that holds the childhood memories of many city residents. The city of Bethlehem feels bare during these cold December days: there are no shimmering lights in the streets, no Christmas tree bringing festive cheer to […]

13 December 2024
by Emma Garroni
My Journey to Aleppo: The Motorcycle War
Syria, Aleppo, December 12, 2024: The streets teem with life, seemingly restored to normality. A Christmas tree glimmers in the center of the city’s main square. Yet, the road from Damascus to Aleppo is lined with lifeless bodies, lives shattered by a war “won without fighting.” The testimony of Jean François Thiry “The journey itself […]

06 December 2024
by Emma Garroni
Voices from Aleppo
“Aleppo today is no longer a safe place, but it remains our home. And as the days go by, the longing for peace becomes a silent cry that we hope, one day, someone will hear.” “Good afternoon, my name is Jacob. I’m writing to you from Aleppo, a city in northern Syria, constantly struck and […]

02 December 2024
by Giacomo Pizzi
Syria: updates on the situation
La testimonianza da Damasco del nostro collaboratore, Ayham Khouly Damasco 09 dicembre: I ribelli sono entrati a Damasco, le persone sono terrorizzate, sono in continua ricerca di beni di prima necessità, prima che finiscano per l’intera città. La testimonianza da Damasco del nostro collaboratore, Ayham Khouly Damasco 08 dicembre: I ribelli sono entrati a Damasco […]

29 November 2024
by Andrea Avveduto
Christmas 2024. Despair Is Not an Option
“Despite difficult times, despair is not an option.” “You are not alone. Despite difficult times, despair is not an option.” These were the words of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, addressing the community of Jenin, a troubled city in the West Bank, just hours after a heavy attack. Strong words, difficult even to utter […]

22 November 2024
by Emma Garroni
Lebanon: “You have to start over somewhere”
Either the Darkness alters— / Or something in the sight / Adjusts itself to Midnight— / And Life steps almost straight. The human eye is designed to be deeply adaptable to changes in its surrounding environment. When darkness falls and the shadows obscure vision, it takes only a few minutes for our eyes to learn […]

15 November 2024
by Emma Garroni
The voice of the Palestinian child
“This is the voice of the Palestinian child calling my people, / the voice of the wounded bird, and here I am crying out with all my voice, / to those near and far, to every lover of life and beauty. / I want, oh God, to live in peace, / and to play, run, […]

08 November 2024
by Emma Garroni
The Art of Arabic Calligraphy According to Hany Sarsour
“The art of Arabic Calligraphy is not just an artistic form: it is a form of cultural resistance, a means to express the beauty and strength of our Palestinian and Arab identity.” Since late September, our center in Bethlehem, Dar al-Majus, has hosted an Arabic calligraphy workshop led by Gaza-based calligrapher Hany Sarsour. Over the […]

31 October 2024
by Emma Garroni
In Memory: Remembering Those We Hold in Our Hearts
“Yet the goodness he brought into the world is so great that it deserves to end up somewhere, to take shape somehow.” Today we want to tell you a story. It’s the story of a mother who lost a son, of a niece seeking a gesture that might help her mourning aunt find meaning and […]

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