The martyrs of Damascus: being saints in the Middle East today On Sunday 20 October, in St Peter's Square, Pope Francis canonised 14 new saints of the Church. Among them, the eleven martyrs of Damascus. A new page of holiness in the history of the Custody of the Holy Land. World Mission Day: ‘Go and invite everyone to the Banquet’. At St Stephen's Church in Jerusalem, a prayer vigil was held to mark World Mission Day. When a million children pray the Rosary, the world is changed Around 300 children from the Terra Sancta School gathered to raise their prayers and supplications for a just peace, in their Land and throughout the world. The Sanctuary of the Shepherds' Field in Beit Sahour is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities A special meeting on the plan of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to support the restoration of the outer courtyards of the ten new chapels project in the Shepherds' Field area in Beit Sahour. These places represent a spiritual and historical heritage for the region.