Terra Santa News from the Custody of the Holy Land

“LEAVING NAZARETH, HE CAME AND DWELT IN CAPENAUM”
On the second Saturday of October, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land commemorated the public life of the Savior in Capernaum, the city of Jesus.

SYRIAN CHILDREN’S PRAYER FOR PEACE
A day of prayer, singing and dancing with Christian children and Muslims from Aleppo. Hundreds of people gathered together to pray for peace for Syria.

YOM KIPPUR: ATONEMENT DAY
On the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, Israel shuts down. A silence full of penitence and reflection.

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF HAIFA: WITNESS AND AID TO THOSE WHO SUFFER
In Haifa, the Italian Hospital, a religious mission for over a hundred years, has become a model health institution.

AN ‘INDELIBLE’ PILGRIMAGE
An ancient tradition in Jerusalem, passed down for over 700 years in the Razzouk family: tattooing Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land.