Our mission is to protect and support them as much as possible." As the Holy Land faces one of its most challenging Christmas seasons in recent memory, Pizzaballa's message centered on the ...

Christmases like this one, with 45,000 freshly dead in the land called holy, remind us that we’re out of our depths. If our Christmas celebration is only about a well-cooked ham and a pile of ...

"At a time when Israel is fighting on seven fronts, we deeply appreciate the steadfast support of our Christian friends around the world," Netanyahu said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wishes ...

The Associated Press Leader of Catholic Church in Holy Land celebrates pre-Christmas mass in Gaza City Posted: December 22, 2024 | Last updated: December 22, 2024 Dozens of worshippers gathered in ...

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, noted ...

The Associated Press In Christmas address, Pope urges silencing of weapons from the Holy Land to Ukraine Posted: December 25, 2024 | Last updated: December 25, 2024 Pope Francis on Wednesday urged ...

“Let us pray that at Christmas there will be a ceasefire on all war fronts, in Ukraine, in the Holy Land, throughout the Middle East and throughout the world,” the pope said. Francis ...

Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome ...

At the start of Christmas Eve Mass ... at any of the four papal basilicas in Rome or the Holy Land, or other sacred Jubilee sites "so as to manifest the great need for conversion and reconciliation." ...

The provincial of the Franciscans custodians of the Holy Sites speaks with AsiaNews about the festivities once again without pilgrims, whose return is ‘linked to the end of the conflict’.