Christmas is one of the central celebrations of life in the Holy Land and one of the most important events for Christians. December 25th is the date for the Latins (the Catholic Church), and on this occasion the eyes and hearts of the faithful of the whole world are aimed at the small city of Bethlehem, in Judea. At 1:30 p.m., as per tradition, the Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate, His Excellency Mons. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, solemnly entered Bethlehem, marking […]
Today our prayer wants to be like the one of the Apostles, witnesses on this Holy Mount of Olives of the Ascencion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and in this Kidron Valley of the passage of the Blessed Virgin Mary in body and soul to the life of the new creation.” This is how the vigil of the feast of the Assumption opened in Jerusalem, animated by the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land. The vigil in the […]