Although there are different versions of the story of St. Barbara, Christians in the Middle East and Central Europe still celebrate the early Christian martyr each Dec. 4. To celebrate St. Barbara's Day, known as "Eid il-Burbara," Christians in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon prepare and share a dessert made from boiled wheat, rose water, cinnamon, anise [...]
Tears, prayers, caresses -- but most of all, listening -- were the hallmarks of Pope Francis' "Mercy Friday" visits during the Year of Mercy. As the jubilee began last December, Pope Francis said he would ditch the media one Friday afternoon each month and personally try to give life to the corporal and spiritual works of [...]
"Cataloguing to preserve and learn." The conference and exhibition organized by the General Library of the Custody of the Holy Land and the Catholic University of Milan. A meeting of cultures.
The two prestigious institutions of biblical and archaeological studies of the Holy Land inaugurate the academic year in Jerusalem. The biblical writings and the material traces of history have been fascinating researchers and scholars since antiquity. Over the centuries, studies on the Bible as well as archaeological research, made it possible to understand the past civilization [...]