The small church of St Peter in Tiberias, a few yards away from the Lake of the same name, along the banks of which Jesus called and taught his disciples, was filled with faithful on Saturday 24 February for the solemn celebration of the Chair of St Peter. The Chair With this feast-day, the Church remembers the particular “mission as master and shepherd conferred by Christ on Peter, appointed by him, in his person and his successors, as the principle […]
On Monday 7th November, the exhibition “Witness of the resurrection” organized by the CRELEB (Centro di Ricerca Europeo Libro Editoria Biblioteca) of the Università Cattolica and by Pro Terra Sancta was inaugurated as part of the “Libri Ponti di Pace” [Books as Bridges of Peace] project, conceived by Edoardo Barbieri, Full Professor of History of the Book and of Bibliology at the Università Cattolica in Milan. The aim of the event is to offer the general public a journey in […]
On Saturday 13 April, in St Saviour’s church, in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Franciscan community gathered in prayer and in praise for an important moment in the ministerial life of seven Franciscan Friars Minor. Fra Ananivi Combey Adamah (Togo), Fra Joseph Médéou Atakora (Togo), Fra Juan David Rodríguez (Colombia), Fra Rito José Mendoza (Venezuela), Fra Antonio Tkalac (Croatia), Fra Langba Zounga Saturnin (Central African Republic) and Fra Noor Amash Tamas (Iraq) received the ministry of diaconate through the […]
From Poland, an ecumenical pilgrimage organized by Mons. Grzegorz Rys, the Bishop of Lodz, who visited the Holy Land a few days ago, took place. Many participants composed of clergy and faithful from the Catholic, Orthodox, Polish-Catholic, Evangelical-Ausburga, Evangelical-Reformed, Evangelical-Methodist and Baptist churches were present. “We want to go there,” said F.r Semko Koroza, the president of the Lodz branch of the Polish Ecumenical Council “to visit these places connected to our faith and to pray together.” It was a […]
