On the afternoon of Holy Thursday, in Jerusalem, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land celebrated Mass in Coena Domini in the Upper Room: "We are gathered together to celebrate the Lord's Supper in the very place where Jesus instituted the celebration of the Eucharist" - began the Custos of the Holy Land, fr. Francesco Patton, who presided over the liturgy (full text here) at which Msgr. Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and apostolic delegate for Jerusalem […]
The interreligious project that brings together young Christians, Muslims and Jews in a summer camp characterized by mutual knowledge and overcoming barriers of identity through art, music and performance, was held again this year. This is the aim of the “Knüpwerk" project, now in its second year. The term "knüpwerk" means precisely entwining and embroidery, referring to fabrics woven with different and multicoloured threads, representing different cultures and identities. The experience of this year, which took place in Germany, brought […]
He was one of the oldest of those who found death in St Paul’s convent in Damascus due to the violent attack against the Christians, in the night between 9 and 10 July 1860. Fra Carmelo Bolta Bañuls was 58 years old: the parish priest for the Latins, he taught Arabic to the young missionaries and was in the convent when the Druze persecutors broke in. Together with Fra Manuel Ruiz López and the nine other martyrs, he will be […]
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 […]
