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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
From Poland, an ecumenical pilgrimage organized by Mons. Grzegorz Rys, the Bishop of Lodz, who visited the Holy Land a few days ago, took place. Many participants composed of clergy and faithful from the Catholic, Orthodox, Polish-Catholic, Evangelical-Ausburga, Evangelical-Reformed, Evangelical-Methodist and Baptist churches were present. “We want to go there,” said F.r Semko Koroza, the president of the Lodz branch of the Polish Ecumenical Council “to visit these places connected to our faith and to pray together.” It was a […]
