The entrance of the Cross through the door of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth marks the start of the Jubilee in the Holy Land. On Sunday 29 December, the feast-day of the Holy Family, following the indications of the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee “Spes non confundit”, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, like all the bishops in the world, opened the Holy Year for the diocese of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which in addition to Israel and the Palestinian […]
“My dream is that the representatives of the three Churches that own the Holy Sepulchre can one day celebrate together. Jesus Christ died not to see us divided, but to see us as a single body.” Fra Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, chose “his” Trento (the diocese named in 1964 by Paul VI for a specific “ecumenical vocation”) to give a voice to a hope which in recent years has seen dialogue, relations and trust grow, thanks also […]
On Sunday 15 December, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land started the Christmas Novena, a period of spiritual reflection in preparation for the solemnity of the birth of Jesus. This year, the Novena, which is held in St Saviour’s church in Jerusalem, focuses on the topic of hope. Every evening at 7.00 p.m., during the celebrations of the Vespers, one of the three friars chosen for the preaching proposes a short meditation on the meaning of […]
"This year, due to the pandemic caused by the Corona virus, it was not possible to take up the Good Friday Collection dedicated to supporting Christians living here in the Land of Jesus. This is why Pope Francis has accepted the request to move this gesture of sharing that concerns the whole Church to 13th September. Why September 13th, you may ask? Because it is the Sunday closest to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which we […]
