Celebrations in Holy Places

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13 Jan 2025

The Vatican’s Secretary of State visits Mount Nebo

On the evening of Sunday 12 January, during his mission in Jordan, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, visited the Shrine of Mount Nebo, in the care of the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land. He was accompanied by the Nuncio in Jordan, Mons. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, and Mons. Marco Formica, an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State. The Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, Fra Rashid Mistrih, Fra Ammar Shaeen and […]
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Culture and Education

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11 Jan 2025

Jordan: consecration of the new church on the site of the Baptism

The church of the Baptism of Jesus on the site of the Baptism-Al Maghtas, in Jordan, and one of the largest in the Middle East, was consecrated on 10 January. The celebration was presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State and special envoy of the Pope for this occasion. The church was also indicated as a  Jubilee Site for the diocese of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. “We are at the lowest point on earth,” the […]
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The Custody in the Holy Land

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09 Jan 2025

Friendship and dialogue, the Christmas greetings to the Oriental Churches

Two days after 7 January, Christmas Day for the Oriental Churches (with the exception of the Armenians who celebrate it on 19 December),  the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land visited the various Orthodox communities to exchange Christmas greetings. The understanding with the Greek Orthodox The morning started with the appointment at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. In the speeches of the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, and of  the  Greek Orthodox Theophilos III, there also […]
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Custody in the World

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06 Nov 2024

The Washington Commissariat, 125 years of solidarity

The bond between the Custody of the Holy Land and the rest of the world is kept alive by a network of Commissariats  with the task of promoting the mission of the Franciscans in the Holy Land. They include the Commissariat in Washington, the oldest in the United States and which recently celebrated the 125th anniversary of its foundation. A network for the Holy Land Among the initiatives organized by the Commissariats in support of the charities of the Custody […]
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