Israel’s war against Hamas, which began when the terrorist group launched a surprise attack on Israel Oct. 7, continued to rage throughout October and November before an extended truce began this week ...

Franciscan monks in charge of churches in the Holy Land are struggling to keep pilgrimage sites open for Christians stuck amid the ongoing conflict. The Custody of the Holy Land, the Catholic priory ...

For the first time since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7, the Catholic Church of the Holy Land gathered around its patriarch on the feast day of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine ...

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 a ...

The Old City of Jerusalem is of great importance for the three monotheistic religions. It contains many sacred sites: the ...

Church leaders in Jerusalem say they hold Israeli authorities responsible for “facilitating and enabling” settler attacks, warning that police silence in the face of emergency calls constitutes a form ...

Before he ever set sail for Jerusalem, he was already a battle-hardened warrior of the North—raiding in Ireland and the Isles ...

(RNS) — The top leaders of the major Christian denominations in Jerusalem have called on churches in the Holy Land to refrain from organizing any “unnecessarily festive” Advent and Christmas ...

The feast in honor of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine and patroness of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, was first celebrated on Aug. 15, 1928. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of ...