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MIDEAST-ISRAEL-RELIGION-FRANCISCAN
(From L-R) Mayor of Assisi, Italy, Claudio Ricci (L), Custos of the Holy Land Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Auxiliary Bishop of Nazareth Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo and Papal Nuncio in Israel, Archbishop Antonio Franco, attend a celebration in the central Israeli town of Ramle on November 10, 2009 to mark 800 years since the formation of the First Franciscan Order. The Franciscan order, which since 1334 has been the ?Custodian of the Holy Land,? is charged with the safekeeping of Roman Catholic rights and properties in Jerusalem. Today, some 300 friars are present the in the following Middle Eastern countries: Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and the islands of Cyprus and Rhodes. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON
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RAMLE, ISRAEL |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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GALI TIBBON |
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10 Noiembrie 2009 |
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