Following the liturgical calendar of the Universal Church, 5 and 6 January are the days dedicated to the celebration of the Epiphany of the Lord, the celebration of the first Manifestation of the Lord incarnate to all peoples, represented by the three Magi who honour him by bringing gifts to the grotto where Jesus was born. For the second year running, the celebration was followed only by the local Christians, due to the anti-Covid-19 restrictions still in force. The two […]
The solemn Requiem Mass in suffrage for the soul of the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was held on 10th January in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: this way the whole of the Holy Land wanted to join in the mourning of the Universal Church for the death of the theologian pope, raising its prayer directly from the heart of Christianity, in front of the Empty Tomb, in which he himself, as a pilgrim, had kneeled on 15th […]