He received them minutes before the start of the General Audience Photo: Vatican Media

Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem’s moving letter on the situation in the Holy Land

«I feel the need to share with you a word that has its origin in the Gospel of Jesus, because after all that is where we must all start from and where we must always return. A word from the Gospel that helps us to live this tragic moment by uniting our feelings to those of Jesus», says Cardinal Pizzaballa in his letter to the Catholics of the Diocese of Jerusalem.

Palestine and Israel: Data and News for Tourism

After the dark time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the figures of the flow of tourists and pilgrims to the Holy Land in the first semester of 2023 continue being promising. On September 27, 2023, Israel obtained the coveted admission in the United States Visa Waiver Program, which changes things.