Terra Santa News

Weekly news reports that “tell the story” of the Holy Land, about its faith, history, culture and current events (in Arabic, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian).

Terra Santa News 20/04/2018

19 April 2018

This week: The appeal of Pope Francis and local Franciscans for peace in Syria, the vocations of Syrian twins, the first photography academy in Palestine, the Rosary Sisters’ school for sewing and fashion design, and the Qumran scrolls at the Israel Museum.

SYRIA, THE APPEAL OF THE POPE AND LOCAL FRANCISCANS FOR PEACE The heartfelt plea of Pope Francis for political leaders to put an end to the war in Syria, and a request for prayers by friars still in Aleppo and Damascus. SEEDS OF HOPE: THE VOCATIONS OF SYRIAN TWINS AT THE CUSTODY The life of two Syrian friars, students of the Custody of the Holy Land: an expression of hope and a search for holiness as expressed in ‘Gaudete et Exultate’, the new Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Francis. THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHY ACADEMY IN PALESTINE At Jifna, near Ramallah, the photographer Arine Rinawi [...]