Celebrations in Holy Places

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12 Jan 2025

The Baptism at the Jordan: hope and reconciliation in the Holy Land

The Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, celebrated on Sunday 12 January  on the banks of the River Jordan, marked the end of the Christmas period and the start of ordinary time. With the end of the Christmas festivities and the celebrations of the Epiphany in Bethlehem in the past few days, the Franciscan community once again gathered at Qasr al-Yahud, the place traditionally identified as the site of Jesus’s Baptism. Accompanied by the Custody’s Vicar, Fra Ibrahim Faltas […]
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Culture and Education

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08 Jan 2025

Plenary indulgence at the heart of the Jubilee

Forgiveness and reconciliation have always been at the heart of the Jubilee, in the special form of plenary indulgence. Not much room is devoted to the subject in the normal catechism and it is often treated with prejudice. However, it is  central  in order to live the Holy Year with awareness and enjoy its benefits to the full. We discussed this with Monsignor Vincenzo Peroni, a former master of the Pope’s ceremonies  and today in service at the Custody of […]
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The Custody in the Holy Land

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09 Jan 2025

Friendship and dialogue, the Christmas greetings to the Oriental Churches

Two days after 7 January, Christmas Day for the Oriental Churches (with the exception of the Armenians who celebrate it on 19 December),  the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land visited the various Orthodox communities to exchange Christmas greetings. The understanding with the Greek Orthodox The morning started with the appointment at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. In the speeches of the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, and of  the  Greek Orthodox Theophilos III, there also […]
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Custody in the World

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25 May 2024

Jerusalem-Rovereto, walking for peace

The Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, greeted the participants of the march organized by the Association of Franciscan Missions of Trento in Rovereto (Italy) on 24 May. The meeting was in the place where During the First World War there was the front and where today there is the large Bell of the War Dead, made 100 years ago. “I will take this rope, the symbol of your march, to Jerusalem, to Gethsemane” he said, emphasizing the […]
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