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Father Ibrahim Alasbagh describes how the Syrian community is experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic and how the biggest problem is the economic crisis and the risk of starvation, an insurmountable new obstacle for the Syrians who have already been through nine years of war. There is no doubt, the Coronavirus has reached Syria. This is confirmed […]

Short witness by Fr. John Luke Gregory guardian father and parish priest in Rhodes (Greece) on the refugees crisis in the Dodecanese islands during Coronavirus emergency.

Dear friends, today there’s an important news. ATS pro Terra Sancta changes its logo and simply becomes Pro Terra Sancta, the famous Latin expression created by the popes to support the land of Jesus. The proliferation of the acronym ATS, especially during this period, has led us to make this decision, and the logo you […]

Capernaum is one of the most loved and visited places in the Holy Land. The site, especially in the last two years, has seen an exponential increase in the number of visitors with an average of 5000 tourists a day, and peaks of over 6500 in high season. Since the 18th of March “the city […]

The Lebanese situation in the words of Friar Firas Lutfi Minister of the San Paulo Region. Coronavirus and poverty. “The Lord is risen, he is truly risen”, so Father Firas Lutfi greets his audience who attended a meeting organized by the Pro Terra Sancta Association on the situation in the Region of San Paulo (Syria, […]

Association Pro Terra Sancta  wins an important European call to create an education department at the Terra Sancta Museum. A three-year project to create activities with schools, access to blind people and new jobs. The Terra Sancta Museum (TSM) like most museums in the world has closed its doors to the public. Since March 15th […]

“If the virus reaches us here, there’s nothing we can do, it would be a huge tragedy. Thank God we have had no cases here and this Easter we have been able to celebrate together, with the necessary precautions, but all together; and this is a miracle”. Thus begins our call with Friar Hanna Jallouf, […]

The activity coordinator of the Antonian Society with the volunteers of Association Pro Terra Sancta cooking to help the sisters and the elderly people of the Antonian Society in Bethlehem. “We are Christians. Although we cannot figure out this moment, we must have faith”: Souzi Hazin thus ends our call. Souzi is the activity coordinator […]

I write from a very special, privileged place. A large terrace, I’d say… white. A rectangle bordered by massive stone walls, about one and a half meters high. Without even trying too hard, my eyes fall in rhythm, proceeding clockwise, on the “Franciscan church of the Saviour with its slender bell tower with a black […]

The Association Pro Terra Santa wins a project for Christian minorities in Bethlehem. Pro Terra Santa Association together with VIS and John Paul II Foundation wins a call for proposals from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. A project aimed at Christian minorities to start again from tourism, culture and gastronomy when the nightmare of […]

Mirella Halabi, doctor in Aleppo, gives us some updates on the Covid-19 emergency in Syria. 54% of Syrian hospitals is either destroyed or unaccesible, therefore it wouldn’t be possible to face the epidemic.

Matteo tells us how people live in Bethlehem during the Corona Virus emergency, but above all how the works of charity continue to operate also thanks to the young volunteers coordinated by the Association Pro Terra Sancta. We had a nice chat with Matteo, professional educator and volunteer of the Civil Service for the Pro […]

Come with us to see the Holy Sepulchre as you have never seen it. The coronavirus emrgency also hit the Holy Land. After the first suspected cases in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the authorities are moving towards increasingly severe measures. Tourists and pilgrims caonnot  enter the country. Borders where closed first to the Italians […]

Naila Nasser, social worker of the Association Pro Terra Sancta in Bethlehem, continues her work even during this critical moment, at least for the most urgent cases. Naila Nasser is the head of the emergency medical and listening center activated in Bethlehem by the Association Pro Terra Santa, a center of help and financial support […]

Stories from Bethlehem in the times of the Coronavirus. After the first cases of tourists tested positive, total closure of the city. Deserted streets and closed population. Association Pro Terra Sancta continues to remain on field to help the elderly and the sick, the group most at risk of being affected by the virus. A […]