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The Way of the Cross begins with kids screaming and playing in the courtyard of the al-Omariyya Islamic school. Hidden in the underground, below the feet of pupils and pilgrims, the remains of a huge roman fort. The once majestic rectangular building with four towers known as Antonia Fortress stood in the north-west corner of […]

Stories about the procession of Palm Sunday, one of the most important religious events for Catholics in the Holy Land.

Giacomo and Libero, operators of pro Terra Sancta, are back in Italy from their trip to Lebanon and Syria, where many needs still exist, especially among women and children, but people still hope of a better future.

On the eve of the 10 years from the beginning of the war in Syria, Tommaso Saltini, General Director of Association pro Terra Sancta, explains how the war has changed people’s life and what the Association has done in these years to support them.

A new project “Women at the Business Core” has been developed to be proposed to companies which are invited to support the implementation of a training and employability path for women in East Aleppo, helping them find again their independence and dignity lost during the war due to the actions of the Islamic militias.

The last campaign launched by Association pro Terra Sancta is a call to charity to allow people bind themselves forever to the Holy Land, helping people in need in those special places where the Bible and the Gospel take place, remembering the bond between Faith and Charity already found by Saint Paul.

Stories on Juda’s Desert, a place where many biblical and evangelic episodes take place, but that has been inhabited way longer before the Bible tells.

Latest news from Lattakia, where the economic sanctions, along with the burnings that have recently occurred, have exacerbated the condition of poverty and hopelessness of the citizens, deprived of essential goods, primary services and infrastructures.

Online classes of Italian and English language for young people continue in Jerusalem and Jericho during the Covid-19 pandemic: an opportunity to cultivate a passion and share time during social distancing.

The work of Father Luke Gregor alongside the refugees of Rhodes: economic help, housing, job search and care to give a future to these people again.

At the end of the week of prayer for Christian unity, we talk about the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, home of all the Christians of the world who, despite the difficulties, live together in such an important place for Christianity.

Updates from Beirut where we continue with the initiatives set up to support the local population affected by the explosion of August and the difficult economic and health situation of the country.

It is night in Bethlehem.  Silence envelops us, an unusual silence for a city that, especially at Christmas time, is full of life and people. A light stands out in the sky of Bethlehem. It is not a star brighter than the others, but Jupiter and Saturn aligned to form a single bright star. This […]

A new covid-19 area has been created with support of Pro Terra Sancta to make up to the lack of facilities to welcome the sick in Bethlehem!

Pro Terra Sancta volunteers, after the reopening of sanctuaries after lockdown, went to Galilee for a three-day training course. Here is what they found out