The Franciscan shrine of Màgdala, on the western shore of Lake Tiberias, welcomed the Franciscan community of the Custody of the Holy Land for the second time in honour of the feast-day of St Mary Magdalene, the first to meet the Risen in front of the empty tomb, thus becoming the first witness of the victory of Jesus over death. The liturgical memory of the “Apostle to the Apostles” falls on 22 July, the day that Pope Francis - with a […]
A few days ago the exhibition “Treasures from Kings: Masterpieces from the Terra Sancta Museum” was inaugurated at the prestigious Calouste Gulbenkian Museum of Lisbon, which will be open to the public until 26 February 2024. The exhibition hosts some of the greatest works of art of the extraordinary artistic treasure of the Custody of the Holy Land, accumulated thanks to the gifts made by various European Catholic monarchs over 500 years. Unique pieces (religious articles, jewellery, ornaments and sacred vestments) of […]
On 21 October, the day after the canonization of the “Martyrs of Damascus,” the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass in St Anthony’s Basilica in Rome. In communion with Lebanon and Syria The mass was presided over by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. The Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, and about seventy Franciscans, bishops and priests, were at his side. There were also many faithful, especially from Spain […]
More than one million cases of Covid-19 have now been recorded in Argentina and since August there are increasing numbers of cases recorded in the provinces far from the capital of Buenos Aires. Since the start of the lockdown in March, the number of people infected has continued to rise and the restrictions on movement to fight the pandemic have never officially been loosened. It is Fr. Luis Angel Anguita, superior of the confraternity of the convent of Buenos Aires […]
