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 […]
On Saturday 11 December the church of the Holy Land gave the Universal Church two new deacons: Fr. Khokaz Iohanna Mesrob, from Syria, and Fr. Fabio Alfonso Morales Meza, from Colombia. The Eucharistic celebration, which was attended by a large number of religious, as well as local and international faithful, was presided by the Apostolic Delegate of Jerusalem, Mons. Adolfo Tito Yllana. Three main aspects of the diaconal service were discussed during the homily: the figure of the “minister of the Word”, […]
