For the solemnity of the Epiphany, the City of Bethlehem again welcomed a large number of pilgrims who came to celebrate the arrival of the Three Kings. The liturgies of the day were led by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, and by many friars of the Custody. As per tradition, on January 5 at the Church of St. Savior, the Custos welcomed representatives of the parish of St. Savior in Jerusalem led by the Moukthar, who […]
Br BAHJAT KARAKACH, ofm Guardian Convent Bab Thouma - Damascus (Syria) "I can say without exaggeration that today we have left the term "poverty" behind us, today we speak of "misery". Not only the fighting, not only the spread of the Coronavirus - at the moment contained but which still represents a danger. After ten years of war, Syria has also been hit in recent months by a very serious economic crisis, as Brother Bahjat Karakach recounts in this message […]
