As the Upper Room where the Holy Spirit came as tongues of fire on the Apostles, it is the birth-place of the Church. But the site is the subject of political controversy since it also considered ...

May 26, 2014 / 08:44 am. At the conclusion of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Francis focused his homily at Mass on the significance of the Upper Room, held to be the site of the descent of ...

In this “upper room,” Jesus had the Last Supper, washed the apostles’ feet, and instituted the Eucharist.

In this “Upper Room,” called the Cenacle in the Holy Land, Jesus had his Last Supper, washed his apostles’ feet, and instituted the Eucharist.