Thursday 30 June |

Saint of the Day: Bl. Gennaro Maria Sarnelli

Middle East

Qaraqosh

J-P Mauro

Remains of two priests martyred by Ottomans found in Iraqi chapel

J-P Mauro

Saudi government executes 81 people in one day, most in nation’s history

KING OF KINGS CHURCH

Agnès Pinard Legry

A church has been inaugurated in a Pakistani prison

Ancient synagogue uncovered in Migdal

J-P Mauro

Archaeologists unearth second synagogue in biblical town of Magdalene

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J-P Mauro

Join other pilgrims on a free, live tour of Bethlehem

Israel Antiquities Authority

J-P Mauro

900-year-old Crusader sword discovered off Israel’s coast

AFGANISTAN

J-P Mauro

Vatican opens channel for talks with Taliban over ‘humanitarian corridor’

CHALDEAN

Lauriane Vofo Kana

Camilla, a Christian from Mosul, saved from ISIS by a Muslim family

HOSPITAL BED

J-P Mauro

Catholic Palestinian saved by transplant from slain Israeli Jewish man

Ur in Iraq

John Burger

Hope in Iraq that Pope’s visit to Abraham’s birthplace will spur unity, tourism

Silvia Lucchetti

Quadruplets born in Afghanistan are a sign of hope in a time of war

BETHLEHEM

J-P Mauro

Bethlehem’s tourism industry needs a Christmas miracle

Abrahamic Family House

John Burger

Multi-faith complex to rise where pope and imam signed agreement

Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

J-P Mauro

High-tech Israeli research lab carbon dates with extreme accuracy

STOLEN ANTIQUES

J-P Mauro

Looters take advantage of world isolation to plunder Holy Land archaeological sites

JESUS BAPTISM SITE

Jordan Tourism Board N.A.

How do we know this is where Jesus was baptized?

WORLD YOUTH DAY

J-P Mauro

World Youth Day may be coming to the Middle East

BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP

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Earn a dig scholarship and excavate the Holy Land in 2020

Washington's Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land

J-P Mauro

US Franciscans gather “swaddling clothes” to send to Bethlehem

MOSAICS

J-P Mauro

Newly unearthed mosaic could hold clues to location of Jesus’ miracle of the loaves and fishes

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