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Mass of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the elevation of His Beatitude Pizzaballa to the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church

2023-09-27T09:39:24-04:00September 27th, 2023|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , , |

Washington DC, September 25, 2023 Dear Brothers and Sisters, May the Lord assure you with His peace! I am pleased to invite you to a Mass of Thankgiving presieded by His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, with the presence of the Most Rev. Fr. For Patton, OFM: Sunday, October 15, 2023 h: 11 am at Franciscan [...]

The Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre

2023-07-18T09:57:41-04:00July 18th, 2023|Categories: In the Holy Land|Tags: , |

This Saturday, the celebration of the Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre took place in Jerusalem. This is a solemn event that the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have honored every July 15 for 874 years. On July 15, 1149, 50 years after the conquest of the Holy Land, the Crusader [...]

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