The second peregrination of Lent took place on Wednesday, 10 March, at the Basilica of Gethsemane, known as the “Basilica of the Agony” or the “Basilica of all the Nations”. It is here, according to tradition, that the agony and the prayer of Our Lord in preparation for his passion is commemorated. The present-day Basilica, the building of which started in 1919, was consecrated in 1924 and stands on an axis placed at the meeting point between the perimeter of […]
On Saturday 11 December the church of the Holy Land gave the Universal Church two new deacons: Fr. Khokaz Iohanna Mesrob, from Syria, and Fr. Fabio Alfonso Morales Meza, from Colombia. The Eucharistic celebration, which was attended by a large number of religious, as well as local and international faithful, was presided by the Apostolic Delegate of Jerusalem, Mons. Adolfo Tito Yllana. Three main aspects of the diaconal service were discussed during the homily: the figure of the “minister of the Word”, […]
