Although there has been more than one year of war, the light of the child of Bethlehem comes this night to light up the world: it is Christmas. On Tuesday 24 December, a day of sunshine welcomed the Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in his traditional entry into Bethlehem. Like last year, as a sign of solidarity with the population suffering in Gaza, a more austere and modest mood has been chosen, avoiding, songs, music and the traditional Christmas decorations. On […]
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 […]
The entrance of the Custos of the Holy Land into Bethlehem on 30 November and the celebration of the first Sunday of Advent mark the opening of the new liturgical year of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land as well. As every year, the Custody has prepared a calendar (click HERE to download it), with its own celebrations, in particular the peregrinations to the Holy Places. “The volume,” Fra Enrique Bermejo, liturgist and calendarist of the Custody, explains, “is […]
In spite of all the difficulties caused by the pandemic in Italy, the traditional Day of the voluntary associations which support projects in the Holy Land, now in its 13th year, is again being held this year. The annual meeting of the Italian volunteers of the Holy Land will be held on the morning of Saturday 31st October, from 9.30 a.m. (until about 12.30 p.m.), wholly online and in Italian. The recent measures of the Italian government prevent a meeting […]
