Giving People Hope Is Greatest Challenge, Custos of Holy Land Says in U.S. Visit

Custos of Holy Land says giving people hope is greatest challenge

Custos of the Holy Land Father Franceso Ielpo speaks with EWTN News in a two-part interview that began airing on “EWTN News Nightly” on Nov. 24, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 25, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The custos of the Holy Land said in an interview with EWTN News that the “greatest challenge” is to be a source of hope amid perpetual devastation due to conflict. “The greatest challenge is to alway…

Palestinian Ambassador Urges: ‘Please Do Not Forget the Holy Land’

Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See Ambassador Kassisieh with Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem at the inauguration of the exhibition, Bethlehem Reborn. As Pope Leo XIV continues diplomatic outreach in the region, Palestinian officials hope Jubilee-year energy will help revive pilgrim flows and support local Christians.

God Didn’t Give You Faith To Keep It Quiet, He Gave It To You To Lift Others Up

Spiritual growth is not just an individual endeavor; it is a community project—where the light inside of us shines outwardly towards others. Best-selling author of Beauty in the Stillness, Karin Hadadan, reminds us of the importance of community in our faith journey with the devotional below. We not only have a responsibility to expand our spirituality and faith for our own sake but also for others’ well-being, as it should be the natural respon…

ACN helps keep the doors of Christian education in the Holy Land open

With unemployment disproportionately affecting the Christian community, and as a gesture during the Jubilee of Hope, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (LPJ) decided to cancel student debt in all its schools. Even though Christians are the smallest of the three major faith groups present in the Holy Land, after Jews and Muslims, the Catholic Church runs the largest network of schools in the region. More crucially, though, Catholic schools are u…