The fourth peregrination in Lent in the Holy Land started in Bethany, in the shrine that stands behind the Mount of Olives in the village of the friends of Jesus, Martha, Mary and Lazarus, known today by its Arabic name of al-Azariya. On Thursday 18 March at 6.30 in the morning, the Secretary of the Holy Land, Fr. Marco Carrara, presided a mass in the tomb of Lazarus, the grotto located quite near the Franciscan church where, according to the […]
Br RAMI ASAKHRIE, ofm Latin priest of Bethlehem "If you have only one way to love, you are poor. But when you have several ways: therein lies the wealth." One week of prayer every year to celebrate Christian unity. Seeking this unity is a commitment that should always apply. In the Holy Land in particular, it is lived every day. One example is Brother Rami, Latin parish priest of Bethlehem. Born in Jordan into an Orthodox family, he entered the […]
