On Thursday, Aug. 14 and Friday, Aug. 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated in Jerusalem. The vigil took place, on Thursday night, in the Garden of Olives adjacent to the Basilica of Agony (Gethsemane), and then continued with the celebration of the Solemn Mass, on Friday morning, presided over by the Custos of the Holy Land, Br. Francesco Ielpo. The vigil in the night In the garden next to the Basilica of Gethsemane, […]
In the Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, “Spes non confundit”, Pope Francis recalls the decisive role of the sacrament of Penance in Christian life and the richness of Grace, which reaches us, through the Church, with the gift of Indulgence. The sacrament of Penance assures us that God wipes away our sins. We experience those powerful and comforting words of the Psalm: “It is he who forgives all your guilt, who heals every one of your […]
As every November 17, 2025, a solemn celebration took place in honor of the memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, patroness of the Secular Franciscan Order. The Mass was presided over by Fr. Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land. For the first time, given the growing attendance in recent years, the Mass was celebrated in the Church of Saint Saviour. Casa Maria Bambina, managed by the Franciscan Sisters Daughters of Saint Elizabeth, is a point of reference for pilgrims, […]
The Apostolic Exhortation Nobis in Animo of His Holiness Paul VI, to the Episcopate, Clergy and Faithful throughout the world on the increased needs of the Church in the Holy Land, turns 50 years old. Already St. Paul took to heart the fate of the first Christians. The Apostle himself brought relief to the Holy City, seeing in the Collection a bond of unity between the new communities of believers and the original Church in Jerusalem. The manner in which […]
