On Saturday 8th October, on the shores of Lake Tiberias, in Capharnaum, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton presided the celebration that commemorates the presence, the preaching and the miracles of Jesus, exactly where these events took place. Capharnaum is a special place for Christians, because what is written on the pages of the Gospel can be “seen” here. The name of the village occurs many times as a place where Jesus was active: his preaching, teaching, […]
It was 5.00 p.m. on Monday 9 October: for the second time in the day, the sirens went off in Jerusalem, while the daily procession of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land started in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. “We ask the Lord for the gift of peace: for the whole world, but in particular for this martyred land, the Holy Land, for the people who live here, so that they may live together” said […]
