After Epiphany and Baptism, which are the two feasts of Jesus' manifestation to the world, the Church of the Holy Land gathers in Cana of Galilee to commemorate the first miracle performed by Jesus at the beginning of his public life: at a wedding banquet, he turned water into wine. Br HAITHAM HANO, ofm Latin priest of Cana "To this church, on this feast day when we remember the wedding feast of Cana, come the faithful from all over the […]
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 […]
In Jerusalem, friars and religious have once again implored peace, and this time they did it by going down and praying the Via Crucis on the traditional route of the Via Dolorosa. The devotion had been suspended since the beginning of the conflict. On Friday 27 October, the moving procession along the 14 stations which mark the route between the Sanctuary of the Flagellation and the Holy Sepulchre took place on a particular day: that chosen by Pope Francis for […]
