On Saturday 21 February the local Catholic Christian community of Tiberias gathered together with the Custos of the Holy Land and several friars to celebrate the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle. The word "chair" refers to the seat of the Holy Father and of the bishops, that is, the fixed seat placed in the mother church of a diocese, hence "cathedral". The "chair" is also a symbol of the authority of the Pope and of the […]
On the occasion of the centenary of the night commemorating the conversion to Catholicism of the Servant of God Sister Maria della Trinità, a conference was held on Saturday, February 14, accompanied by an exhibition designed to recount in a simple yet incisive way the figure of the Poor Clare who lived in Jerusalem. A journey of crisis and conversion Sister Maria della Trinità, born Luisa Jaques, was born into a Protestant family in South Africa at the beginning of […]
On February 17, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, visited the Grotto of the Nativity together with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, to verify the progress of the restoration works underway in the place that Christian tradition venerates as the site of the birth of Jesus. The works, entrusted to the Italian company Piacenti S.p.A., officially began in 2024 thanks to a decree issued by the Presidency of the Palestinian National Authority, which committed to supporting […]
On Sunday, February 22, all the friars of the Custody present in the houses in Italy – Naples, Rome (Delegation), and Montefalco – together with our students from Assisi and Florence, gathered for a day of fraternity on the occasion of the ostension of the body of Saint Francis of Assisi at the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi. The day began with lunch together in Montefalco, a joyful and fraternal moment shared also with the five postulants of the […]
