The Lenten peregrinations by the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land came to an end with the singing of the “Hosanna” in Bethphage, on Saturday 23 March. It is the day before Palm Sunday, the day when, from Bethphage, the procession that commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem starts. While Mass was being celebrated in the Franciscan shrine, outside the Indian Catholic community celebrated its Palm Sunday one day early (since almost all the Indians work […]
The multimedia exhibition entitled "The experience of Resurrection" has at last been inaugurated at the Christian Information Center (CIC) in Jerusalem. After a six-year wait, on Saturday 2 July, the exhibition opened its doors to the public and, in particular, to the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, who cut the inaugural ribbon and blessed the exhibition area. In addition to the Father Custos and the head of the CIC, Fr. Tomasz Dubiel, ofm, a groupof friars, religious. Journalists […]
Every Sunday, fra Toufic Bou Mehri gets into his car and travels the 30 kilometres that separate Tyre from Deir Mimas. The Christian village is two kilometres from the Israeli town of Metula. Despite the daily fire of the Israeli artillery and air force in the border zone, the superior of the Franciscan convent of Tyre strongly wants to celebrate Mass for the 11 families of the Latin rite that are left. Since 7 October 2023, the Lebanese “God’s party” has […]
