On Thursday 28 March, the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, H.E. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, opened the solemn liturgies of the Paschal Triduum, with the celebration of the Missa in Coena Domini in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. This celebration, which according to the rules of the Status quo is anticipated to the morning, commemorates the institution of the Eucharist, of the ministerial Priesthood and of washing the feet, the gesture with which Jesus shows his disciples the total […]
Some ancient columns and two capitals from the Holy Sepulcher, decommissioned in the major restoration of the 1970s-1980s, return to the Old City of Jerusalem after resting for more than 50 years inside the Franciscan Gethsemane complex. The artifacts will be placed in a special room of the Terra Sancta Museum, dedicated to the Holy Sepulcher. The museum is located within the Franciscan complex of the Flagellation. The project is managed by the association "pro Terra Sancta." SARA CIBIN Project […]
On the occasion of the appeal of H.B. Card. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, addressed a letter to the friars of the Custody inviting them to dedicate the Solemnity of the Assumption, 15 August, to the prayer for peace in the Middle East and throughout the world. For this important day, the Custos of the Holy Land requested and received from His Beatitude the ecclesiastical approval of the prayer to the Virgin (the text […]
