The Catholic faithful of the Holy Land have gathered in Nazareth for an intense weekend of prayer which culminates with the opening at diocesan level of the Jubilee, on Sunday 29 December, as all over the world. Pilgrims of hope The flavour of the feast-day was already announced on the afternoon of Saturday 28, with the entrance of the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, and the Solemn Mass of the eve of the feast of the Holy […]
From Portugal to Spain. In the middle of December, the Junta de Galicia (the collegial governing body of Galicia) signed an agreement with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon and the Custody of the Holy Land to take the exhibition “ Treasures from Kings: Masterpieces from the Terra Sancta Museum” to Santiago de Compostela,. Agreement with the City of Culture of Galicia The exhibition – which can be visited until 26 February at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon – […]
During the “Time of Advent”, the Custody of the Holy Land is offering two initiatives to accompany the faithful on the path towards Christmas. “Pilgrims of hope” It is only a few weeks before the ordinary Jubilee of the year 2025 opens, dedicated in particular to the theme of hope. The Holy Land is still marked by the harsh reality of war, with its consequences: the absence of pilgrims, the economic crisis and the lack of confidence in the future. The […]
An extraordinary event was held on 27th October in the Franciscan convent of Tripoli. We know from the Franciscan sources that St Francis, after the historic meeting in Damietta in 1219, returned to the land of Syria in March 1220, staying there for several months and consolidating the convents founded by Father Elia da Cortona from 1217. The event organized by the Custody of the Holy Land, the Italian Embassy and the Italian Institute for Culture, took place in the […]
