NEWS 2016 - The Church of the Holy Land and Bergamo united in joy and thanksgiving this Saturday, September 10, 2016, when Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, was ordained Archbishop in the Cathedral of Bergamo. “I want to be a bishop for all, for those who are entrusted...
NEWS 2016 - Since the beginning of the war in Syria, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have never left the country and are still present in several cities: Latakia, Damascus, Aleppo, and in some villages of the Orontes Valley. They help the local population without distinction, with particular attention to children and women...
NEWS 2016 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art has organized a landmark exhibition Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven which will demonstrate the key role that the Holy City, sacred to the three Abrahamic faiths, played in shaping the art of a period during which Jerusalem was home to more cultures, religions...
NEWS 2016 - The new General Council of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the next eight years will be: Barbara Dawson (United States) – Superior General, Marie-Jeanne Elonga (Democratic Republic Of Congo) – Councilor, Mónica Esquivel (Mexico) – Councilor...
NEWS 2016 - The Caribbean Custody “Holy Mary of Hope” held its annual meeting with the attendance of the Minister General Br. Michael A. Perry in the Mission House Claret of Puerto Rico, from the 3th to the 8th of September. The Custody depends on the Province of Aranzazu in Spain. The Custody has twenty-six brothers...
