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Christians in Jerusalem and their hope for a new home
15 February 2018
by Giacomo Pizzi
Christians in Jerusalem and their hope for a new home
“I never left my home”. Roza is 73 and still lives alone in an old house in the Old City of Jerusalem. “For over a hundred years my family has always lived here and these walls for me are everything”. But there were many water infiltrations and often Rosa had to use buckets to collect […]
Aleppo: mending wounds of the little Syrians
06 February 2018
by Giacomo Pizzi
Aleppo: mending wounds of the little Syrians
Basel * wakes up every night with the fear of being hit by a missile. His father was mutilated three years ago and now has prosthetics instead of his hand and legs. “He is blind – says little Basel – because he also lost his eyes during the war. He is always angry and sometimes […]
The building mortar at the construction sites of the Terra Sancta Museum
29 January 2018
by Giacomo Pizzi
The building mortar at the construction sites of the Terra Sancta Museum
To reproduce using what is already there. Tiles found in storage, earthenware pots and hollow bricks are just some of the elements that are being used by the restorers of the team Restauratori Senza Frontiere Italia (“Restorers Without Borders”), who have come to Jerusalem to repair the mortar in the stone walls of the archaeological […]
Turin and Bethany, together to restore
22 January 2018
by Giacomo Pizzi
Turin and Bethany, together to restore
“Teacher slowly slowly !” Says Ahmad, while with a white coat and a syringe in his hand he intervenes on an old vine trunk. With him, Ayman is drawing the relief and Bashar is weighing a solvent on a scale. They are just some of the workers who work on the restoration of an ancient […]
A walk through the Holy Land
15 January 2018
by Giacomo Pizzi
A walk through the Holy Land
“Everyone has walked in his life and the journey is part of Faith“. Pietro Labate has been working as an environmental guide in central Italy for thirty years. Recently he was in the Holy Land to draw new routes between Jericho, Bethany and Jerusalem for the new project of the Association pro Terra Sancta: Welcoming […]
Recalling Christmas: The precious gift of the Franciscans to the children of Aleppo
04 January 2018
by Giacomo Pizzi
Recalling Christmas: The precious gift of the Franciscans to the children of Aleppo
In 2016, Christmas in Aleppo was marked by the liberation of a city that has suffered much during the endless Syrian conflict. The hope brought by the liberation of the city, grew timidly in 2017: some activities have resumed and some destroyed apartments have been rebuilt, thanks to your valuable support through the Association pro […]
Christmas in Bethlehem: the faces of a living nativity scene
25 December 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
Christmas in Bethlehem: the faces of a living nativity scene
At Christmas the nativity scene is set up and reproduced in the cribs, all over the world. The Grotto of the Baby Jesus represents the heart of this sacred and popular representation. In our days there are still people living in Bethlehem, that every year rush towards the manger as it happened more than 2.000 […]
Christmas in Bethlehem: little signs of a great hope
22 December 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
Christmas in Bethlehem: little signs of a great hope
There is no child in the world who does not wait for Christmas. But how do the children of Bethlehem live it, the city where Jesus was born? “Even today, an angel has arrived in this house. Thank you so much!”. Hana, 22, has just received from us a month’s voucher to buy milk for […]
Christmas alongside the sick children of Bethlehem
19 December 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
Christmas alongside the sick children of Bethlehem
“I wish you all to be touched not only in front of the baby boy of the crib, but in front of every child in flesh and blood”. The wish of Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land and our President, this year has pushed us to dedicate the Christmas campaign of  the Association […]
To make cribs in the land of Jesus
11 December 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
To make cribs in the land of Jesus
Following a proposal made many years ago by the great Franciscan archaeologist, Fr. Michele Piccirillo, today Maurizio Enrico Villa has decided to export the art of the crib from Italy to the Holy Land. In 2016 Maurizio had already made a crib for the Christian community of Madaba, Jordan, but this time he accepted a […]
To the Sheperds’ Field  with Fr. Josè Maria
27 November 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
To the Sheperds’ Field with Fr. Josè Maria
“We live in the hands of Providence”, with these words Father José Maria Falo Espés starts telling us about his life experience as the Guardian of the Franciscan shrine of the Sheperds’ Field in Beit Sahur. Fr. José is Spanish, from Saragoza, and has lived for a long time in Valencia from where he brought […]
Faith, Hope and Charity in Aleppo. Last stop of our trip to Syria
14 November 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
Faith, Hope and Charity in Aleppo. Last stop of our trip to Syria
The last stop of our trip to Syria is the most painful and surprising one. The wounds of war are still very visible. Yet Aleppo is trying to cure them, to become even more beautiful than before. The road to Damascus is still long, the interruption of the freeway leaves no other way to go […]
Oasis of charity in Damascus. First stop of our trip to Syria
14 November 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
Oasis of charity in Damascus. First stop of our trip to Syria
We arrive in Damascus after sunset and the show is amazing: that of an illuminated city. Only six months ago it seemed impossible, but electricity does not seem to be a big problem anymore. As we approach the Franciscan Monastery, the impression we had at the beginning is confirmed: the city has finally returned to […]
New Homes for Aleppo
07 November 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
New Homes for Aleppo
“This new house is a stroke of God to my life.” Mrs. Mayada kept on repeating it while she showed us her house. She told us when she welcomed us, clasping our hand with both hands, and bowing slightly; and she repeated it as she led us to her brand new white balcony, to show […]
With Rozan and Dima at the Terra Sancta Museum
30 October 2017
by Giacomo Pizzi
With Rozan and Dima at the Terra Sancta Museum
“The museum will be a source of social development for the local population”: this is one of the goals set by the former Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa (currently the Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem) when the project of the Terra Sancta Museum was presented in Jerusalem in 2013. […]
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