{"id":46547,"date":"2016-11-09T03:40:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T01:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/?post_type=en-post&#038;p=46547"},"modified":"2021-09-09T17:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:01:04","slug":"the-franciscan-church-in-damascus-hit-by-a-mortar-shell-association-pro-terra-sancta-at-the-side-of-the-custody-of-the-holy-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/en\/the-franciscan-church-in-damascus-hit-by-a-mortar-shell-association-pro-terra-sancta-at-the-side-of-the-custody-of-the-holy-land\/","title":{"rendered":"The Franciscan church in Damascus hit by a mortar shell. 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