Every September 14 the Church celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, an ancient and solemn memory that brings us back to the heart of the Christian faith. It is not a simple veneration of an object, but the contemplation of the mystery it contains, the cross, an instrument of torture and humiliation, has become by God’s will the supreme sign of love and salvation. It is the paradox of the Christian faith, from death comes life, […]
The day after the start of the ceasefire in Gaza, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, and the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, make an appeal to pilgrims from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, the heart of Christianity and a Jubilee site, to come back to visit the Holy Places with confidence. “The pilgrimage is absolutely safe. It is time to look up and return to Jerusalem to also bring joy to […]
On Monday, December 8, early in the morning, the parish community of the Church of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem gathered to celebrate together the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V. Mary, Patroness and Queen of the Seraphic Order. The solemn Holy Mass, celebrated by fr. Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land, took place in the Church of Saint Saviour, where, for the occasion, an altar dedicated to the B.V. Mary, Patroness of the Franciscan Order, had been […]
It was a visit that had been scheduled for a year and it fell exactly on the days of greatest tension in Israel, with the war underway in Gaza and the risk of the opening of various fronts. The Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, fra Massimo Fusarelli, in an interview for the website of the Custody, reflects on the situation and the challenges of the community of the Custody of the Holy Land, but also on the […]
