Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed cautious optimism this week that pilgrims will be able to return to the region ...

Connecticut's Holy Land USA is a crumbling hodgepodge of biblical settings that was also the site of a grisly 2010 murder; a ...

A new Church, Shrine and monasteries at the Baptism Site of Jesus Christ will be officially inaugurated next Friday, 10 ...

Works being carried out as part of an Israel Land Authority development have unearthed Byzantine-era buildings, including a ...

it is considered to be a holy site, where they believe Prophet Muhammad ascended to Heaven from Jerusalem. Arab Muslims conquered the Holy Land in 638. The Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque ...

A stark reminder of the political divide that is tearing through the Holy Land. On the other side of the wall from the sacred site where Jesus was born is where he was crucified in Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM — Hope, the theme chosen by Pope Francis for Jubilee 2025, is in short supply in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza right now, but is needed more than ever, local Catholic leaders say.