The Custody of the Holy Land, its history, its mission, its current reality.
The videos that tell the valuable activities of the Franciscans in the Holy Land.
Valuable documentaries on the churches of Jerusalem. The variety and richness of the various Christian confessions which, despite their diversity, speak of a single faith.
See the videos tracing the journey towards the Easter of Jerusalem, between liturgy and “peregrinations” in the same holy sites that have marked the stages of our redemption.
A night in prayer precedes the Feast of the Ascension in Jerusalem. The Franciscan community has set up tents and, in a series of celebrations, has watched all night in [...]
Woman:“Sono molto contenta di essere qui” Man:“Il team di lavoro è come una famiglia, questa è la cosa più importante di questa iniziativa”. In conjunction with 300 other cities from [...]
Aelia Capitolina. This was the name given to Jerusalem in the early second century, when Emperor Hadrian, after having crushed the second Jewish revolt and destroyed what remained of the [...]
In a corner of the Palestinian Territories, a few meters away from the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem, has existed now for five years a Franciscan home for children. It’s called [...]
Run4Unity is now in its third edition, the relay of peace which was held simultaneously in 300 cities around the world. An initiative of the Focolare movement which aims to [...]
For five years in Bethlehem there has been the “Boys’ Home”, a Franciscan institution that welcomes children with social problems. It’s one of the many works of mercy that operate [...]
Restoration works on the Gethsemane Basilica in Jerusalem have now begun. While the workers of the Custody’s Technical Office are putting up the scaffolding, wending their way through the tourists [...]
“And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for o”ut of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people [...]
On the 19th of May, at the Loggia del Capitaniato of Vicenza, will open the exhibition “Sabastiya, the fruits of history and the memory of John the Baptist“, dedicated to [...]