In the early morning of Sunday 8 June, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land gathered at the Cenacle on Mount Zion to celebrate Pentecost. On this solemnity the Church remembers the effusion of the Holy Spirit, that Jesus gave as a gift to his disciples, gathered in the Cenacle, fifty days after Easter. The Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, presided over the vigil on Saturday night in St Saviour’s church and the Sunday […]
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 […]
Between July 24 and 26, 2025, Br. Francesco Ielpo made his official entrance into the three main holy sites of Christianity under the care of the Custody of the Holy Land: the Cenacle and the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. This marks a significant moment in the Franciscan tradition, signifying the beginning of his service as Custos, leading the Franciscan presence in the places tied to the life of Jesus. Each stop was […]
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, […]
