The River Jordan is the destination that every year welcomes the Franciscan pilgrimage with the participation of pilgrims and Christians who come here from every corner of the Holy Land. Remembering the Baptism of Jesus and renewing the baptismal promises: this is what the site of Qasr Al-Yahudrepresents for the faithful; this way, over the centuries this place has become passage, liberation, regeneration, and lavacrum, with this feast-day bringing the Christmas period to an end. The Custos of the Holy […]
After eighty-three days of closure, in the city of Bethlehem the small door of the Church of the Nativity - the door of humility, hope, and mercy - was reopened by the three churches responsible, after the closure imposed to fight the spread of the Coronavirus. Br ENRIQUE SEGOVIA, ofm Guardian of the Basilica of the Nativity "Today, May 26th, through a statement of the Custody and with the agreement of all 3 communities of the Basilica of the Nativity, […]
