The Associated Press Top Catholic cleric in Holy Land arrives in Bethlehem Posted: December 24, 2024 | Last updated: December 24, 2024 Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa visited Bethlehem on ...

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

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. On the other side of the wall ...

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 ...

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

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the ...

"Pilgrims are part of the Holy Land's identity. Their absence impacts not just the spiritual but also the economic life of many families, particularly in Bethlehem," he said, urging visitors not ...

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.

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. There are about ...

Tourism accounts for an estimated 70% of Bethlehem’s income — almost all from the Christmas season. Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically ...