December 24 in the Holy Land
When I visited the Saxum Visitor Center, I was struck by the timeline: on vertical panels it traces the most significant events in the history of salvation, interwoven with milestones of universal history. In the same outdoor courtyard, a map laid into the floor marks...
Interview with Card. Pierbattista Pizzaballa Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem – II part
His Beatitude Card.Pierbattista Pizzaballa Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem shared with us his life experience in the Holy Land. Part II – And then, you had to change again. What came later? I was elected Custos of the Holy Land, so I had to leave the parish of...
Did the Good Samaritan Exist?
On the road from Jerusalem to Jericho stands the Inn of the Good Samaritan: a museum and waystation that houses a fine collection of mosaics from synagogues and churches in Israel and the West Bank, assembled by Yitzhak Magen, a renowned Israeli archaeologist. During...