Fr. Ibrahim Alsabagh of the Custody of the Holy Land received the Jan Karski Prize for 2017 on June 26. The zealous Franciscan who works in Syria was rewarded for having “brought hope to a hopeless world.” Since December of 2014, he has not spend a day in Aleppo without distress. And yet a day does [...]
Red petals fell on the rock of Gethsemane, like the drops of Christ's blood, when he prayed with his whole heart and soul on the night of Passion. This is how the celebration began at the Basilica of the Agony, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, on the day of the solemnity of the [...]
St. Peter and St. Paul: two Apostles who are significant in the history of the Church. They were different from one another and they also had different charisms, but they are revered together in a single celebration that the liturgy celebrates on June 29th. Ordinations took place at St. Savior's Church in Jerusalem. St. Peter and [...]
On the occasion of the feast dedicated to the saints Peter and Paul, a journey into the hometown of the Apostle to whom Jesus entrusted His Church. Jesus chose Capernaum for the center of His public ministry in Galilee. We learn from the Gospels that this particular village was the hometown of some apostles including Peter [...]