The new Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Bishop Leopoldo Girelli, presented his diplomatic credentials to the President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, at the presidential residence on November 29, during a diplomatic ceremony in which the ambassadors of Sweden, Portugal and Uruguay participated too. Bishop Girelli was appointed Nuncio in Israel on September 13, and on September…
Reading the history of the foundation of the monastery of Discalced Carmelites of Mount Carmel, I remembered the words that St. Gregory the Great wrote in his commentary on the search for the Lord by Mary Magdalene: «her desires have grown thanks to her waiting, and growing, have been able to realize what they had…
With emotive messages and invitations to peace, unity, justice and reconciliation, Pope Francis agitated five-day agenda for Colombia ended. He was present in the cities of Bogota, Medellin, Villavicencio and Cartagena. The Pope began his tour on 7 September in the streets of Bogota encouraging the Colombian people not to lose courage and not to…
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…
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…
During the days 2nd, 3rd and 4th of March 2017, we celebrated the first cultural encounter between The Imelda-Institute of Brussels and The Carmel High School of Haifa, which belongs to The Discalced Carmelite Order. The purpose of this meeting was to teach these young students from both cities (Brussels-Haifa) about the participatory communication that…
As many of you know, Br. Gabriel became part of the General Delegation of Israel on December 10th, 2016, although he was already here from 2012 to 2014, in this house of Stella Maris, cradle of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Br. Gabriel is originally from the Province of St. Joseph of Korea and in…
«The unity of Christians is an essential requirement of our faith», said Pope Francis on the occasion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. «Unity is not the result of our human efforts, or the product of ecclesiastical diplomacy, but is a gift from heaven». As he explained, «we are not able to come…