Worshippers pray in the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.(Mahmoud Illean ...

An October 2022 clip of a group of men throwing stones at a church in the West Bank town of Beit Sahour has been falsely ...

Speaking just hours after his wartime Christmas visit to Gaza City Holy Family Parish, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivered a poignant Christmas message during ...

"At a time when Israel is fighting on seven fronts, we deeply appreciate the steadfast support of our Christian friends around the world," Netanyahu said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wishes ...

In a statement released Jan. 16 by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land said they ...

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, noted ...

Dozens of worshippers gathered in the Holy Family Church in Gaza City as Pizzaballa and other clergy led the Mass. Interspersed throughout the sermons and prayers was the buzzing sound of Israeli ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find the courage “to silence the sounds of arms" and overcome divisions plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine ...

Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome ...

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The provincial of the Franciscans custodians of the Holy Sites speaks with AsiaNews about the festivities once again without pilgrims, whose return is ‘linked to the end of the conflict’.