"She gave birth to her firstborn son, wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger" (Lk 2:7) Eight centuries ago, Saint Francis had the grace to come as a pilgrim to the Holy Land. It was on that occasion that he met, unarmed, the Sultan of Egypt and announced the Gospel to him. Thanks to that meeting, he could probably visit this special place, the manger in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary laid her Son Jesus with […]
