What, or rather Who, truly feeds the hunger for live and happiness that lives in our heart? This question is answered by the solemnity of Corpus Christi (Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ). “Man’s heart wants life, it wants love, it wants a real presence, it wants God”: this is the message that comes from Jerusalem. Here the Latin Patriarch, His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, presided the celebrations of the solemnity in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. The Vigil […]
When we speak of St. Francis we immediately think of the Canticle of Creatures, the highest expression of praise and gratitude to the Creator. The life of the Saint of Assisi, known and loved throughout the world, was however also marked by suffering in his own body. "The illness in the life of St. Francis and in the Franciscan Sources" is the theme, today very contemporary, on which Br. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, reflects. Br FRANCESCO PATTON, […]
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is at its halfway stage in the Holy Land. On the fifth day, the ecumenical prayer is hosted by the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land, in St Saviour’s church, Jerusalem. It is an appointment that is “particularly significant in these difficult times we are living in, characterized by conflict, hatred, the desire for vendetta instead of yearning for unity and reconciliation,” the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, […]
