It is a different Christmas Eve from usual, but the traditions are respected: despite all the difficulties due to the Coronavirus pandemic, with this year again the celebrations of 24th December being held in Bethlehem. The liturgies were presided by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mons. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in his first public outing since the end of quarantine after having contracted Coronavirus.. Mons. Pizzaballa started Christmas Eve in Jerusalem in the seat of the Latin Patriarchate where he received Fr. […]
In the Holy Land, the past few weeks have been full of meetings between the local Jewish communities and the Custody of the Holy Land, due to many celebrations falling at the same time. For some time now, the two religious group have been engaged in a relationship of inter-religious dialogue which is also expressed in small daily gestures. In this period, there have been inparticular three meetings which we want to recall: the two days of the Open House […]
