ASSISI, ITALY — On Sunday, July 27th, 2025, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, participated in a press conference for the official presentation of the exhibition entitled “I, Brother Francis. 800 Years of a Great Adventure.” He also presided over Mass for the youth of Cyprus, who traveled with Msgr. Bruno Varriano, Patriarchal Vicar of Cyprus, and Fr. Theodorus Beta, parish priest of Nicosia, to take part in the Youth Jubilee held in the Vatican from July 28th to August 3rd.
The exhibition, titled “In Desert Places We Will Build with New Bricks,” took place at the Auditorium of the Domus Pacis in Santa Maria degli Angeli (Assisi), a place deeply associated with Saint Francis. It serves as a profound invitation to live the present with renewed awareness. Through an immersive narrative journey, the exhibition invites visitors to rediscover the saint’s Testament through a contemporary lens.
The Seraphic Province, which curated the project, stated: “We didn’t just want to put on an event—we want to pass on a living legacy.” Speakers reflected on the life of St. Francis and the profound spirituality he imparted across generations, urging the audience to “interpret today’s life with evangelical eyes,” to focus on life’s fundamentals, and to renew the invitation to walk in the footsteps of Christ.
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