The celebrations in the Holy Land in suffrage of Pope Francis represented a moment of deep union between the local faithful and the Universal Church in remembrance of the Holy Father. The celebrations took place on different days and in different holy places, including the Basilica of Gethsemane, the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth and the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Of particular significance, in addition to the presence of the local faithful and some pilgrims, was the […]
The exhibition LuxTenebra made a stop at the “Meeting for friendship between peoples ,” the Catholic cultural event which is held every year in August in Rimini (Italy). The exhibition is one of the initiatives with which the Custody of the Holy Land is celebrating the centenary of the dedication of the Basilicas of the Transfiguration (Mount Tabor ) and of the Agony (Gethsemane). The “geography of salvation” As Paul VI wrote in the apostolic exhortation “Nobis in animo”, published […]
On Saturday, June 14, at the Church of San Salvatore, Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, conferred the ministries of lector and acolyte on several friars—six lectors and ten acolytes—from the International Franciscan Seminary, located at the Convent of San Salvatore. The celebration took place in the context of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, offering a liturgical and theological setting particularly significant for reflecting on the meaning of these ministries. A life immersed in God’s communion […]
At the end of the initiative supported by the Commissary of the Holy Land of Tuscany and Florence City Council entitled “Florence and Jerusalem”, a meeting was held to take stock of the excavations under way at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre on 29th April at the Marino Marini Museum in Florence. The event aimed to reread the history of the archaeological excavations at the Holy Sepulchre, giving a voice to those in charge of the works today and yesterday, […]
