News

5 September 2023

From the past to the present, Portugal has always been at the service of the Custody of the Holy Land

The call of the Holy Land echoes in all the hearts of believers who want to walk in the footsteps of Christ. Travellers have always set off from one end of the Mediterranean for the other, with ...

25 August 2023

The Journey to Discover the Roots of Agostino Al’Ama

Bethlehem families from the Al’Ama clan gathered in Amman to learn about their family roots. Their main goal was to conduct extensive research on the late organist of the Basilica of the Holy ...

16 August 2023

An important discovery for the Palestinian art of mother-of-pearl

Preparing exhibitions is always an occasion for discoveries or rediscoveries. Only a few hours before the inauguration of “Memories of Saint-Saviour : convent, parish, museum”, while ...

13 July 2023

Behind the scenes of an exhibition, Act II

A part of the masterpieces of the Terra Sancta Museum has flown off to Lisbon to be exhibited from November 2023 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Here we continue our visit behind the ...

7 July 2023

Memories of St Saviour for the inhabitants of Jerusalem

Thanks to the support of the AFD (Agence française de développement) and of the NDC (Ngo for Development Center), the Custody invites inhabitants of Jerusalem, pilgrims and visitors to travel back ...

20 June 2023

University of Bethlehem and the Terra Sancta Museum, a partnership of competences

As part of the "Action for the identity and resilience of East Jerusalem” financed by the AFD - Agence Française de Développement’ and implemented by the NDC – NGO for development center, the ...