A few hours before Christmas, the bombs finally stopped falling on Aleppo. For the Latin parish of the city, held by the Franciscans of the Custody, it is the opportunity to experience this feast with the children as a very beautiful gift. That is the text that the parish sent us. Christmas, light and joy, the [...]
The only wool-felting project in Palestine, with a mission: "Introducing the gifts of people with intellectual disabilities and working together for a more humane society". 'Ma'an lil-Hayat', in Arabic: 'Together for life', is a center in Bethlehem, where young people and adults with learning difficulties can come together, and make friends. The project is part of [...]
On Christmas Day, the Franciscan community and hundreds of pilgrims gathered at the Shepherds' Field to commemorate the angel's announcement of the birth of the Savior. In the afternoon of December 25, a crowd of pilgrims visited the Shepherds' Field. Flocked from various parts of the world, the faithful who visited the holy place guarded by [...]
In the morning of Thursday, December 29, the eastern Christian churches gathered in the Custody of the Holy Land, in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem for the traditional exchange of Christmas Greetings. An ancient rite: it has been a busy morning in the holy city, marked by the pace of the sticks of the kawas, the [...]