From April 29, 1993 to June 14, 2017 Mgr Marcuzzo has been in charge of the area of Galilee, as titular Bishop of Emmaus and patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem for the Latins in Israel. A learned person with a broad general culture, in the years 1977-1980 studied dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Lateran University and…
Elijah’s house is Carmel, an ancient tradition emphasizes that the prophet, called in Arabic, Khader (meaning the green, the living, the one who never dies and is everywhere) still dwells on Mount Carmel, doing so A sacred and venerable place. An ancient legend says that the Family of Nazareth on their return from the exile…
Elijah is one of the most famous persons of the Old Testament with Moses. In Arabic, it is called «El Khader», which means the Powerful, the one who always fructifies, who never dies and he is everywhere. The prophet Elijah is appreciated by the fathers of the Church as the model of every prophet, the…
The origin of the procession dates to 1914 (during the First World War). During the month of November, the Ottoman authorities appeared in the Stella Maris monastery (Mount Carmel), notifying the religious men that in three hours they had to leave the monastery, because it was going to be taken up by the Ottoman army.…
Three weeks after the attacks to the Coptic minority, the head of the Catholic Church visits Cairo (Friday 28 and Saturday 29 April) as «Friend, Messenger of Peace and Pilgrim». Egypt has warmly welcomed Pope Francis. The first day of the Pope’s visit was extremely dense. In fact, he met with President Sissi, with the…
On Friday, April 28, the Holy Father will arrive in Cairo shortly after noon. This will be the second time he will meet with the President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who was received by the Pope on Monday, November 24, 2014, five months after his arrival in power. During this visit, the Pope expressed his wish…
Since a few years back it has been accustom at the Pilgrim Center to live moments of fraternity and prayer within the strong times of the liturgical year. This year, a pilgrimage has been organized to Jerusalem in order to live closer the passion and resurrection of Christ. It has been an intimate moment of…
