800 years have passed since the friars arrived in the Middle East, and many things have changed since the beginning of this adventure. However, the commitment and dedication with which, for 800 years, the friars have guarded the holy places and have worked to serve the local people have not changed. For this reason, in order [...]
Today, the Church celebrates the Corpus Domini or Corpus Christi, a feast whose origins date back to the thirteenth century and which, since the 14th century, has been observed all over the world, including the Holy Land. In the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, in Jerusalem, the Feast of the Body of Christ was celebrated, like [...]
The statue of the patron saint of the Custody of the Holy Land stands to the left of the altar at St. Savior’s Church: it is St. Anthony, unmistakable with an open book in his hand and the Child Jesus in his arms, the two symbols that speak of his sainthood story, because he is famous [...]
A delegation of Australian bishops has visited Egypt to offer solidarity to suffering Coptic Christians and to build ecumenical ties with them and Muslims, reports the Archdiocese of Hobart. Hobart Archbishop Julian Porteous travelled to the region with a delegation of bishops and priests from the Catholic and Orthodox Churches of Australia and New Zealand including [...]