In Jerusalem, Holy Week has a prelude in the celebration of the solemnity of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the Friday in the fifth week of Lent. On the morning of Friday 11 April, the Vicar of the Custody, Fra Ibrahim Faltas, presided over the Solemn Mass on Mount Calvary, in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, on the altar of Our Lady of Sorrows, which separates the Latin chapel, where the moment when Jesus was […]
The Church is a Body with one head, which is Christ. When a Christian community is in need, all the members of the Ecclesial Body move to its aid. The Good Friday Collection with which, for centuries, Christians around the world have been doing their utmost for the presence of their brothers and sisters, in the land of Jesus, is the most important of the Catholic Church. It founds and explains the very meaning of charity. Br. Narciso Klimas, historian […]
The Custody of the Holy Land shared the moment of the Iftar – the evening meal which is eaten after the sunset and breaks the daily fast observed by Muslims during the month of Ramadan - with the Muslim community in Bethany. On Monday 24 March, the Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, Fra Ibrahim Faltas, and the friars of the Bethany community, welcomed members representing the Muslim community for a moment of conviviality. Local civil and religious […]
When they found out that Pope Francis was going to visit Iraq, Fr. Nerwan, Fr. Noor and Fr. Haitam, originally from Qaraqosh, dropped everything and left. From Damascus in Syria, from Jerusalem and from Cana in Galilee, where they are performing their service, the three Iraqi Franciscan friars took on a long journey to welcome the Holy Father to their native land with joy, representing all the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land. At the same time, to […]
