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Mount Nebo: a community in prayer for peace
November 07, 2023
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.
Giovanna Repellini and the Architect of the Holy Land: The Basilica of the Transfiguration
October 30, 2023
In the centennial year of the Tabor and Gethsemane basilicas, architect and writer Giovanna Repellini introduces us to Antonio Barluzzi.
From Italy an orchestra for Rhodes
October 24, 2023
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.
From the Holy Sepulcher in prayer for peace
October 10, 2023
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.
The challenges of the Franciscan Mission in Syria
October 05, 2023
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.
The gift of eternal life
October 04, 2023
The gift of eternal life: In Jerusalem, the celebration of the Feast of St. Francis. With the missionary journey of St. Francis, the Friars Minor have been in the Middle East for 800 years.
The light of Advent dispels the darkness of sorrow and ignites the hope of peace.
December 02, 2024
On the first Sunday of Holy Advent, the Custos of the Holy Land passed through the door of the separation barrier, which stands as a silent witness to long years of suffering in the land where the Prince of Peace was born: Bethlehem.