A few days before Christmas, on Thursday, December 10, Brother Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, together with the Franciscan community of Bethlehem, celebrated in the Grotto of the Nativity. Mass at the birthplace of Jesus today has a specific goal: "To pray for the benefactors of the Holy Land." Br FRANCESCO PATTON, ofm Custos of the Holy Land "Here we are in the place where God's mercy was manifested in the face of the child Jesus, who bears […]
The thirty-fifth apostolic journey abroad by Pope Francis, which started in Cyprus, came to an end on Monday 6 December in Greece. In the two and a half days, alongside the institutional visits, the Pope concentrated his attention on the presence of refugees on the island of Lesbos,where he shared the meditation on the dream of God so that “a world of peace, where all his children live as brothers and sisters” comes true. "For me, this meeting has been […]
