Interview with Adeeb Joudeh Alhusseini on the Custody of the Key to the Holy Sepulcher
Interviewer: We have the honor of speaking with members of the Husseini family, who have been entrusted with the custody of the key to the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem for centuries. We are in the Old City of Jerusalem to learn more about this unique tradition. The...
Saint Anne: Three Churches, One Tradition
In the Old City of Jerusalem, there is a street called, in Arabic, the street of the Virgin Mary. It passes through the Lion’s Gate, also called, in Arabic, “Gate of the Virgin Mary.” If the street and the gate are named so, it is probably because...
Peter’s Boat Sails Again
In March 2023, the Aponte family gifted Pope Francis a faithful reconstruction of what could have been Peter’s boat. Since June of this year, it has been displayed at the entrance of the Vatican Museums as a symbol of our Church, an image used by the first...
Kiryat-Yearim: Where the Ark of the Covenant Rested
The Saxum Visitor Center is located in the surroundings of Kiryat Yearim (in Hebrew: קִרְיַת יְעָרִים), also currently known as Telz-Stone. Kiryat-Yearim (“village of forests”) is about 15 km from Jerusalem, among lush woods of conifers and Mediterranean...
