Christian shrine - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 12 Aug 2019 03:49:19 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Christian shrine - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Tourists banned from sitting on famous Spanish Steps https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/08/12/tourists-banned-spanish-steps/ Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:20:11 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=120236 Tourists are now forbidden from sitting on the Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti, better known around the world as the Spanish Steps. A police regulation has been introduced this northern summer instructing visitors against "sitting down by consuming food or drinks on a historical heritage property, Read more

Tourists banned from sitting on famous Spanish Steps... Read more]]> Tourists are now forbidden from sitting on the Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti, better known around the world as the Spanish Steps.

A police regulation has been introduced this northern summer instructing visitors against "sitting down by consuming food or drinks on a historical heritage property, Read more

Tourists banned from sitting on famous Spanish Steps]]> 120236 Israeli forest fire spares Christian shrine https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/07/29/israeli-fire-shrine-transfiguration/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:51:26 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=119823 A forest fire in northern Israel that threatened a church where Christians believe the transfiguration of Jesus took place was extinguished without the shrine being damaged, firefighters said Sunday. The fire on Mount Tabor, where the Basilica of the Transfiguration is located, broke out Thursday and had been put out late Friday, but "small fires Read more

Israeli forest fire spares Christian shrine... Read more]]> A forest fire in northern Israel that threatened a church where Christians believe the transfiguration of Jesus took place was extinguished without the shrine being damaged, firefighters said Sunday.

The fire on Mount Tabor, where the Basilica of the Transfiguration is located, broke out Thursday and had been put out late Friday, but "small fires are rekindled every so often and teams at the site are dealing with them", fire service spokesman Dudi Peretz told AFP.

"The church was not damaged," he said, noting the fire had burnt nearly 500 acres of shrubs, thorns and some trees. Read more

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