Visiting young women rescued from forced prostitution and meeting with a mother inconsolable over the loss of one of her newborn triplets are images from the Year of Mercy that Pope Francis said remain impressed on his heart. Reviewing the Holy Year in a 40-minute interview aired Nov. 20 on TV2000, a television station owned by [...]
A new center dedicated to 'St. Rachel' for the children of immigrants in Israel was inaugurated in Jerusalem. A new place, a new home. Children of all ages and backgrounds, lots of smiles, pure joy! The new St. Rachel Center, founded by the St. James Vicariate for Hebrew-speaking Catholics to house the children of immigrants in [...]
On October 26, for the third time in history, the tomb of the Holy Sepulcher was opened. Images of the event. Sixty hours. This is how long the tomb of Jesus, kept in the Edicule of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, remained open from October 26, for the first time after two hundred years, and for [...]
The seventh edition of the Palestinian Women's Micro-Enterprise Bazaar, hosted by the US consulate involving artists, manufacturers of goods and small entrepreneurs of Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. They come from Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and each of them brings a unique facet of their own tradition. They are the Palestinian [...]