Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed cautious optimism that pilgrims will be able to return to the region amid a new ...

The fragile truce in Gaza ignites hopes (also) in Jordan to resume tourism as soon as possible a sector considered strategic ...

Shibly Kando stands in his shop Jothour of Kando in Bethlehem, West Bank, which was scheduled to open in mid-October of 2023. When Israel was attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, he paused all ...

A shopkeeper waits for tourists Nov. 10, 2023, as other souvenir shops are closed in Jerusalem's Old City amid the ...

and the Nativity in Bethlehem, have been designated as pilgrimage sites for the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, raising hopes that pilgrims may flock to them once again after more than a year of ...

III. Bethlehem "...she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths. " Luke 2:7 Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem as refugees of a sort. At the present time there are hundreds ...

Across the street, through a series of two-story windows, the destination of my pilgrimage stands in unassuming contrast: ...

7, 2023 is being secured at the cost of war. The ongoing war in Gaza has scared away tourists and pilgrims, forcing Bethlehem’s economy, which depends heavily on tourism and religious pilgrimage, into ...

"You shall treat this fiftieth year as sacred. You shall proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be a ...

A group of Christian leaders visiting the Holy Land say they “hope that a fragile ceasefire agreement” between Israel and ...