During the Passover and Easter holidays more than 2,000 pilgrims visited Palestine. There has been a much greater influx of pilgrims this year than ever before.
A party of 101 American pilgrims, under the leadership of the Rev. Daegan, which visited the holy places and the Jewish colonies, left for Rome today.
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