After two years of absence, on 13 September 2025 the wooden image of the scourged Christ returned to its place in the Sanctuary of the Flagellation in Jerusalem. The statue, donated some time ago by a community in Barcelona, had been seriously damaged on 2 February 2023, when an extremist broke into the church, knocked down the sculpture and defaced its face. It was a violent act that left shock and sorrow among the faithful present, as the sisters and […]
For the first time in modern history, the pipes of a medieval organ have made their authentic voice resound, after nearly eight hundred years of silence. It happened in Jerusalem, where Spanish musicologist David Catalunya, from the Complutense Institute of Musical Sciences (ICCMU), performed the 11th-century liturgical chant "Benedicamus Domino Flos filius" using the original pipes of the Bethlehem Organ. This extraordinary discovery marks a turning point in European organology studies and restores to the world a sound heritage once […]
From September 3-7, 2025, the 11th edition of the Franciscan March was held in Jordan, which this year took on a unique international scope. Along with Jordanian youth, Iraqi and Palestinian refugee youth in the country also participated, as well as small groups from Galilee, Bethlehem and Syria. It was a sign of unity and hope that crossed borders and difficulties in the region. The rally in Amman The journey began on Wednesday, September 3 at the Holy Land College […]
The sacred mount of La Verna, where Saint Francis received the seal of the stigmata, was the setting for a day of celebration for the great family of the Friars Minor. In this place imbued with prayer and memory, eight friars made their temporary profession of the evangelical counsels, after completing the year of novitiate and officially entering the Order. They made their vows: Br. Tochukwu Peterjames Ejimadu, Br. Leo Chukwunazom Ogoh, Br. Hagop Arabatlian, Br. Walid Yuhanna Daher and […]
