The bells of the Basilica of the Resurrection rang out in Jerusalem inviting everyone to a day of prayer for the Holy Land. The celebration held at the Wayside Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre is rich in meaning. In addition to Br. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, the friars of the Discretorium and H.E. Mgr. Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Delegate for Jerusalem, were present to thank the Lord for the sixth centenary of the establishment of the Commissariats of […]
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 […]
