Fr Peter Vasko OFM, President of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land, discusses the struggles facing Christians.

The Christmas season traditionally sees an uplift in numbers of pilgrims coming to the Holy Land and Jerusalem, but the Hamas attacks of 7 October quickly stopped the pilgrimage trade. In this exclusive interview, Father Peter Vasko, President of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land (FFHL) for the last 30 years, explains how Christians living in the Holy Land have been affected by the escalating war.