A place rich in history: this is the Milk Grotto, located near the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Br FRANCESCO PATTON, ofm Custos of the Holy Land "We know from Matthew's Gospel that an angel appears to Joseph in a dream and tells him to take Mary and the child with him and to flee [...]
We begin 2020 with good news from the Holy Land. The Israeli and Palestinian Ministry of Tourism confirms the record for tourism in 2019. The numbers are striking, 4,551,600 tourists: 10.6% more than in 2018. For Israel's Minister of Tourism Yariv Levi, 2019 ended with a new record for tourism. All-time record in the arrival of [...]
A small piece of the precious Relic of the Holy Crib of the Child Jesus will arrive in Jerusalem on Friday 29th November, a gift from the Holy Father Pope Francis to the Custody of the Holy Land. The relic, donated by St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Theodore I (642-649), is currently in Rome, in the Basilica of Santa Maria [...]
In 1986 the remains of an ancient boat were discovered on the north-west coast of the Sea of Galilee. According to the carbon 14 test, it would be typical of the time of Jesus. Sea of Galilee: background of stories such as the sedated storm, the miraculous catch of fish and Jesus walking on the waters. [...]