It will be possible to obtain the indulgence linked to the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025 in the Holy Land as well. The decree prepared by the Apostolic Penitentiary and issued on 13 May by the Holy See, specifies that it will be possible to obtain the jubilee indulgence granted by the Holy Father to the pilgrims who visit at least one of the following basilicas: the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), the Nativity (Bethlehem) and the Annunciation (Nazareth). The decree "And so, […]
On 14th June, a group of Muslim women visited the seat of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem. It was a “first time” in an activity which for years has opened the doors of St Saviour’s Convent to groups and visitors of all religious confessions. The women, all from East Jerusalem, belong to the association called “Sehtak bel denia” (Your health is the most important thing) which deals with personal well-being both from the physical point of view […]
On 3 and 4 October, the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land – together with a large number of faithful - celebrated the feast-day of St Francis of Assisi, their founder. The friars responded to the trails of light of the missiles in the Jerusalem sky with an intense climate of prayer, both during the Triduum of preparation and on the days of the celebration. The dream of fraternity and peace In his homily , during the First […]
On Thursday, November 7, Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, addressed a conference at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., entitled “The Sultan and the Saint: The Spiritual Journey of Transformative Encounter.” He began by recalling that “The enemy for Francis is never in front of us but inside us! Rather, before us is a brother: who remains a brother, even when that brother professes another religion; who remains a brother even as an adversary, the […]
