“We are recognizing 800 years of the important role of the Franciscans, whose role in education and guarding holy places is appreciated.”
Workers put up canvases to provide shade for worshippers on the sacred compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in preparation for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem's Old City April 30, 2019. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD / REUTERS)ByDAOUD KUTTAB/ARAB NEWS/TNS
