In the afternoon of Friday 19 April, the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, fra Massimo Fusarelli, presided over the Mass in the Basilica of the Agony at Gethsemane and inaugurated the exhibition on the centenary of its dedication. From restoration to a symbol of the 20th century In his greetings at the start of the celebration, the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, recalled how the initial idea of the Custos of the time, Ferdinando […]
The Symposium of the Churches in the Middle East, “Rooted in hope” came to an end in Cyprus on 23rd April 2023. The initiative was organized by the R.O.A.C.O. (Assembly of Organizations for Aid to the Oriental Churches), and supported by the Dicastery of the Oriental Churches to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in the Middle East” signed in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI on the Church in the Middle East on the aspects of […]
The convents of the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land in Lebanon are not extraneous to the wave of violence that has affected in particular the South of the country. The convents in Beirut, Harissa and Tripoli are not affected directly for the time being, while the convent in Tyre is in an area affected by the bombings and the need to help people fleeing from the South. North and South Fra Najib Ibrahim is the Guardian of […]
As part of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the pilgrimage of peace by St Francis of Assisi in the Middle East, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton with Fr. Marcelo Cichinelli, coordinator of the Commissaries of the Holy Land, visited Colombia, taking part in a number of pastoral and academic events prepared by the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Colombia and the Universidad Franciscana de San Buenaventura. The commemorative events started on 16th September […]
