Holy Week in Jerusalem started with the two solemn liturgical appointments of Palm Sunday, on 24 March. In the very early morning, the procession around the edicule and the solemn Mass took place in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In the afternoon, there was the procession on foot to Bethphage towards St Anne’s church. The procession and the solemn Mass In the first part of the solemn liturgy, the Latin Patriarch His Beatitude Pierbattista Card. Pizzaballa blessed, […]
We met Fr. Alessandro Coniglio, ofm, recently appointed a Discrete of the Custody, to talk about the last academic year and the new one that will soon be opening at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), of which he is the Secretary and an Adjunct Professor. Fr. Alessandro, can you talk to us about the academic year that has just come to an end at the SBF? How can you take stock of it? The academic year that has ended was […]
The solemnity of the apostle Peter was celebrated on 29 June in Jaffa (Tel Aviv) in the shrine dedicated to him. In the afternoon, a concert was given by the Magnificat Institute, the music school of the Custody of the Holy Land. This was followed by a Solemn Mass, presided over by the Custos, fra Francesco Patton. On the house of “Simon the tanner” The church of Jaffa stands on the site commemorating the house of “Simon, tanner of hides,” […]
World Youth Day brought together participants from 156 countries in Panama. Among the registered there were young people from the Holy Land. And more than two weeks after the great event, the experience of meeting the Pope and youth from all over the world continues to live within each of them. This group of 10 young people from Bethlehem gathered to share their experience in the Central American country. During the long journey, the compatriots of Jesus, led by Brother […]
