It is a different Christmas Eve from usual, but the traditions are respected: despite all the difficulties due to the Coronavirus pandemic, with this year again the celebrations of 24th December being held in Bethlehem. The liturgies were presided by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mons. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in his first public outing since the end of quarantine after having contracted Coronavirus.. Mons. Pizzaballa started Christmas Eve in Jerusalem in the seat of the Latin Patriarchate where he received Fr. […]
The Franciscan FrédéricManns, Biblical scholar and a specialist in the exegesis of the New Testament, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday 22 December in Jerusalem. His lifeless body was found in the morning in his room in the Convent of the Flagellation where he lived. The day before he had been planning online a virtual pilgrimage that he should have led and recorded next January. FatherMannswas about to celebrate his fiftieth year in Jerusalem. In the course of […]
