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Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed cautious optimism this week that pilgrims will be able to return to the region amid a new ceasefire and hostage release agreement in Gaza, which is expected to go into effect on Sunday.Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed cautious optimism this week that pilgrims will be able to return to the region amid a new ceasefire and hostage release agreement in Gaza, which is expected to go into effect on Sunday.
“The holy places are meant to be places of prayer and peace, and we long for the day when pilgrims can visit them again in safety and spiritual joy,” the ordinaries said. Steve Ray, a Catholic convert and speaker who has visited the Holy Land more than 200 times and runs a pilgrimage service, told CNA that the service is planning its next Holy Land pilgrimage for March and hopes to have “time to get the message out” to prospective pilgrims.
Milanka Lachman, founder of Tennessee-based 206 Tours, told CNA that she, too, perceives optimism from her partners in the Holy Land about the staying power of the current ceasefire. Fr David Steffy, LC, an American priest who directs the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, a famous refuge for pilgrims to the Holy Land, told CNA he is hopeful that the ceasefire “will encourage tour agencies to start organizing trips again.”
“We are encouraging pilgrim groups to return and His Beatitude Cardinal Pizzaballa often speaks about the role pilgrims play in helping the Holy Land recover and heal from the consequences of the war and hostilities of the past year. We expect that by September perhaps visiting groups of pilgrims will be about 60% of what would be normal.”
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