On the days of August 14 and 15, the Church of Jerusalem gathered around the Blessed Virgin Mary to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption. The moments of prayer, presided over by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, offered the faithful an intense opportunity for communion and hope. On Friday night, the celebration began in the Garden of Gethsemane and then proceeded in procession into the Basilica of the Agony. Before the many religious and consecrated people […]
For about eight hundred years, the Custody of the Holy Land has been present on Mount Tabor, the holy site of the Transfiguration. The mission of the Franciscans goes far beyond the simple custody of historical ruins: as the guardian of the monastery, Fr. Carlos Molina, recalls, these stones where Jesus passed have always invited us to accompany and support the "living stones", that is, the local community and people. The Franciscan presence has been structured over time until finding […]
For the Franciscan family, the liturgical memory of Saint Clare of Assisi is a special moment. The woman who chose to follow Saint Francis, to share his ideal of radical poverty, to live in enclosure and contemplation, and to give life to the Poor Ladies, represents a pillar of the whole community linked to the Poverello of Assisi. And on Tuesday, August 11, the Custody of the Holy Land wanted to celebrate the feast that remembers the Saint in the […]
On the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis, the Andrea Bocelli Foundation brings together over 160 young voices from vulnerable backgrounds in Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the Pope in the province of Rome. On July 29, 2026, the Borgo Laudato si’ in Castel Gandolfo became the stage for an event of high symbolic and spiritual value: "Canticle of Peace", a moment of prayer and fraternity arising from the collaboration between the Laudato si’ […]
