Lurdinha, a life dedicated to communicating the Gospel!; The nativity scene in the Vatican: a cry for peace from wounded Palestine; The Immaculate Conception: Patroness of the Franciscan Order; Towards Christmas: getting to know Bethlehem to love Him more!
Being mothers in Bethlehem today. A challenge for all women. Telling us about their experience are Juleen, a young new mother, and Sister Anna, an educator.
On 7 December, His Holiness Pope Francis imparted his blessing on the crib from Bethlehem during a ceremony in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. An initiative of the Embassy of Palestine to the Holy See and the High Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine.
From 4 to 8 December at the Church of the Most Holy Saviour in Jerusalem, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land celebrated the Immaculate Conception with a triduum, vespers and solemn mass. Br Davide Pintabona helps us to understand the significance of the Feast for the Order.
From the shrines of the Custody of the Holy Land, prayers for peace rise unceasingly. Even from Mount Nebo in Jordan, where life continues, the Franciscan community does not forget the difficult time the Holy Land is experiencing.
In the centennial year of the Tabor and Gethsemane basilicas, architect and writer Giovanna Repellini introduces us to Antonio Barluzzi.
For the first time an Italian orchestra lands in Rhodes, Greece, and for the first time a concert for organ and orchestra and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's musical and spiritual masterpiece, the Stabat Mater, is performed on the island.
The Franciscan community of the Holy Sepulcher, every day in procession retraces, inside the Basilica, the places of Jesus' passion, death and resurrection. These days, in particular, prayers are said for peace in the Holy Land and throughout the world.
In the words of Brother Massimo Fusarelli, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor and Brother Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, the challenges of the mission in Syria. A community scarred by war and the latest earthquake.
Our story is a story of love So the friars, sons of St. Francis, are in the Holy Land. Their story began with love for the Creator and extended to love for creation. Especially for those who are the smallest and most in need of care and attention. With the children of the Custody of the Holy Land and with Father Ibrahim Feltz, in relief of the people of Gaza wounded by the horrors of a devastating war. Service, sacrifice and giving. Because our story is a story of love.
From light to dimness...like Christ at the moment of his decision to take up the path of the cross. The same feeling Barluzzi also experiences during the construction of the striking Basilica of Gethsemane.
We are in Galilee, in Capernaum, in the city of Jesus. And today I invite you to visit the place where Jesus left his mark and to re-read with me the events that happened here.
From the Magnificat shrine in Ein Karem, just outside Jerusalem, Father Francesco Piazzolla reflects on Mary. It is she who has the primacy of faith, who, through her life, sings and celebrates the Glory of God .
From the Basilica of the Dormition on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Br. Francesco Piazzolla, reflects on Mary the image of the Church. Mary as Virgin and Mother is the model of the Church, and the Church is called to imitate her virtues.
This month we will take a spiritual journey, guided by Father Carlo Giuseppe Adesso of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro and lecturer in Church History, to get to know some special features of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Come with us on this adventure!
A Sunday in the Latin parish of Holy Cross in Nicosia. The beauty of cultural diversity is united in one faith in Christ.
In this first episode on the Franciscan presence on the Island of Cyprus, we will learn about the beginning, the development and the challenges that the friars have undergone throughout the centuries.
In the second episode we make our first stop in Larnaca. The Franciscans have been present there since 1593 and today two friars live there: Brother Andrew Verdote and Brother Andrew Arhin.
We will get to know, in the last installment, the details of the Crypt with its mosaics, the main altar with the depiction of the episode of the transfiguration, and finally the "Descendentibus" chapel that we find towards the exit of the Shrine.