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As the Church celebrated Easter Monday, Pope Francis renewed his constant appeal for peace. He prayed that the gift of the Lord’s peace “may reach places where it is most needed, especially peoples exhausted by war, hunger, and every form of oppression.” The Pope made the appeal after praying the Regina Coeli, the traditional Marian prayer at Eastertide, with pilgrims

, the Franciscan friars gathered for the traditional practice of the Via Crucis / Via Dolorosa guided by the Father Custos of the Holy Land Fra Francesco Patton and the Vicar of the Custody Fra Ibrahim Faltas. The Jerusalemite Via Crucis, a moment of devotion which is felt very deeply by the faithful: despite the difficult circumstances, it was attended by many local believers and even small groups of pilgrims. From

On Good Friday, the day of contemplation of the wooden cross of Christ, the Church of Jerusalem has the task of celebrating and contemplating this mystery in the place where it all happened: the Calvary, inviting religious, pilgrims and local worshippers to enter more intimately into the mystery of the Passion of Christ.  To foster this intimate union, there are three celebrations on Friday

Dear brothers and sisters, For some time, you have daily been in my thoughts and prayers. Now, on the eve of this Easter that for you is so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection, I feel the desire to write to you and to tell you how close you are to my heart. I

Easter 2024 Following is the text of the Easter message of the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem 2024: We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

A message to the parishioners of Gaza. from His beatitude Card. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mgr William Shomali, Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem and Palestine, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, Parish Priest Of Gaza and Fr. Davide Meli, Chancellor of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. https://youtu.be/iwdMXCE_hfQ By lpj.org

In 1852, the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid II issued a decree ordering the governor of Jerusalem and his council, as well as all the churches, to make no changes in the holy places of the city. The decree became known as the Status Quo. Since that decree, members of the Christian communities with rights to the Basilica of the Holy

Pope Francis again prayed for peace in the Holy after the Angelus last Sunday. He has made more than 60 appeals for peace in the Middle East and for the population of Gaza over the past year, according to the Vatican. A senior papal diplomat suggested last week that the Holy See was considering alternatives to the two-state solution it

"The situation continues to be extremely grave and worsens by the hour. Our Christians have faith and hope in the Essential, in Jesus Christ,” according to Fr. Gabriel Romanelli. “They have been enduring relentless Calvary for months,” he adds. The parish priest of the only Catholic parish in Gaza explains how the rest of the population feels greatly disheartened, as

On Sunday, March 24th, 2024, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, presided over the Palm Sunday celebrations, with the participation of Mgr. William Shomali, Patriarchal General Vicar, Fr. Francesco Patton, the Custos of the Holy Land, and many bishops, priests and faithful. The celebrations began at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, where His Beatitude