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

Her words resonate as we drive along the West Bank wall on the edges of Bethlehem. A stark reminder of the political divide that is tearing through the Holy Land. On the other side of the wall ...

Bethlehem has never been a peaceful place ... 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 ...

Her words resonate as we drive along the West Bank wall on the edges of Bethlehem. A stark reminder of the political divide that is tearing through the Holy Land. 'It seems destiny of Holy Land is ...

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the roughly 14 million people spread across the Holy Land.

Friar Ibrahim Faltas, vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, in Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 24, 2024. (credit: Giorgia Valente/The Media Line) Faltas expressed similar fears. “The paradox is that ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

Currently based in Jerusalem, she collaborates with the Custody of the Holy Land. The keffiyeh was visible during the presentation of the Bethlehem Nativity to Pope Francis in the Vatican’s Paul ...

Having touched down in the Holy Land to the news that a ceasefire had been brokered between Hamas and Israel in Gaza to come into effect from Sunday, 19 January, Bishop Nicholas Hudson greeted the ...

JERUSALEM — Hope, the theme chosen by Pope Francis for Jubilee 2025, is in short supply in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza ...

Catholic bishops in the Holy Land prayed for “the ability to hope again” after “a prolonged time of trial and tribulation” in ...