The Epiphany marks the end of the Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem. If the festivities were celebrated in a minor tone in all the exterior manifestations, prayer, especially prayer for peace, was intensified. On 6 January, the day of the Epiphany and the 60th anniversary of the visit by Pope St Paul VI to Bethlehem, the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, took as his own the words that Pope Montini pronounced on that occasion. Fra Patton thus renewed […]
From Thursday 22 July until the end of September, several places in the Middle East will host a temporary exhibition on the history and the work of the Custody of the Holy Land, with a focus on the shrines. The exhibition, which is entitled “The land loved by Jesus” can be visited in a number of places in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq and will allow the local Christians to discover the Holy Places through the many photographs from the archives […]
The Custos of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton, accompanied by Fr. Narcyz Klimas archivist of the Custody, visited Malta on the invitation of Fr. Anthony Chircop, Minister Provincial and Commissary of the Holy Land, on 8-11 May. On Thursday 9 May Fr. Patton gave a talk during the meeting of the Franciscan Family of Malta. He spoke about “Calvary, La Verna and us on the occasion of the 800 years of the stigmatisation of St. Francis”. On Friday 10 May […]
