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...
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...
I am Marián López, from Monterrey, Mexico. I recently experienced one of the greatest gifts of my life by being a trainee for one year in the Training Program of the Saxum Visitor Center, from August 2022 to August 2023. This experience impacted me in many ways:...
“They went out and passed through one street, and suddenly the angel left him.” Peter had miraculously been freed from the prison in which King Herod (Agrippa I) had thrown him. As if in a dream, Peter and his mysterious companion “passed the first guard, then the...
Historical studies of the books of Samuel, along with archaeological findings, allow us to approach the time period in which the biblical narratives about the origins of the monarchy are situated. The book of Judges, in chapters six through nine, alludes to a series...
The name Zion dates back to the times of David. The city of David was called Zion for its fortress, referenced in the second book of Samuel: “David nevertheless captured the fortress of Zion, which is the City of David.” (2 Samuel 5:7, USCCB). This name...
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