As dusk fell on Wednesday 17 March in Jerusalem the weekly peregrination of Lent took place. The third place designated for following in the footsteps of the passion of Jesus is the Franciscan shrine of the Flagellation, at the beginning of the Via Dolorosa. The church stands in the space occupied by the Antonia Fortress, which the Franciscans bought in 1838. Thanks to the generosity of Maximilian of Baviera, it was possible to reopen the church for worship. It was […]
Outside the Latin parish of “St Francis”, the ruins of the buildings destroyed by ten years of war in Syria, resist unchanged, reminding us that Aleppo is still a wounded city. Even though the spotlights of the world are no longer focused on the Syrian crisis, the people of Aleppo continue their daily battle, to rebuild their homes, families and hearts. The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, who serve the Latin parish of Aleppo, know all […]
