No pain is as upsetting and puts to the test our human sensitivity and our faith as innocent pain. It is humanly unsustainable. The Holy Scriptures and the faith of the Church, however, ensure that no tear is shed without it having a priceless value in the eyes of God. The blood of the children killed in Judea by the selfish folly of Herod was so precious and the screams of the tears of their mothers and fathers were so […]
The book “Itineraadloca sancta. Travel books in the Franciscan Libraries of Jerusalem, Catalogue of the editions of the 15th-18th centuries,” by Alessandro Tedesco, published in 2017 by Edizioni Terra Santa, was presented in Jerusalem on 14th January. The event, hosted by the Christian Information Center, is part of the international project of “Books, bridges of peace” created in 2011 by the Centro di RicercaEuropeo Libri Editoria e Biblioteche [European Research Centre on Books, Publishing and Libraries] (CRELEB) of the Università […]
The religious holidays of the three great monotheisms are celebrated every year in the Holy Land. In December, Christians and Jews celebrate respectively Christmas and Hanukkah, two holidays which have one element in common: light. For us, Christians, the coming of the Child Jesus represents the light that enters the world and renews our lives; for the Jews, according to the Talmud, the light is linked to the miraculous lighting of the Menorah for eight days when the Temple was […]