«من السلام إلى الأخوّة الشاملة»... رسالة القدّيس فرنسيس تتجدّد في عيده من قلب القاهرة

The Catholic Church in Egypt celebrated the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi with a Mass on Sunday evening at St. Joseph Church in downtown Cairo. Father Philip Faragallah, the regional superior of the Franciscan Order in Egypt, led the liturgy alongside Papal Nuncio Archbishop Nicolas Henry, various bishops, priests, and religious brothers and sisters.

The celebration followed the Transito sunset prayer service, which the Franciscan family held on Saturday in Cairo, Alexandria, Assiut, and Luxor. During the Mass, Dominican friar Emmanuel Bessani delivered the homily, continuing a long-standing tradition where Dominicans preach at the feast of Saint Francis and Franciscans preach at the feast of Saint Dominic in Egypt.

Bessani noted that Saint Francis emerged as a spiritual teacher who used his life and the natural world to lead people toward God. He explained that Francis discovered a sense of brotherhood through contemplation of creation that extends to the entire world.