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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Several notable projects changed the face of Bethlehem in 2024, including redevelopment at Westgate Mall, the former Boyd Theatre on the North Side, and the Taylor mixed-use building in the 300 ...

As our father lay semi-comatose in the hospital, his distraught family did the best they could. No time for any emotions, we took care of him, fetching medicines the doctors ordered, moving him ...

The only building past four stories high is the 100-year-old Hotel Bethlehem, where bellhops bustle past analog elevator dials while someone plays a grand piano. Across the street, through a series of ...