Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christmas celebrations returned this year to both Bethlehem and Nazareth, but the season is unfolding very differently in the two ...

The entry of the jubilee cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29 marked the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land. The event, celebrated on the feast of ...

“May the Lord give you peace,” the Franciscan words of greeting, resounded several times in the celebrations of the end of the year and the beginning of the year in the Holy Land. The words were ...

Christian leaders are encouraging pilgrimages to the Holy Land, emphasizing its safety and spiritual significance. Tour operators are seeing an uptick in interest and bookings for pilgrimages, after a ...

A procession of 11 bishops and major superiors along with approximately 150 priests from across the diocese followed the patriarch into the basilica. The entry of the cross into the Basilica of the ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrated Mass in Jerusalem on Jan. 1. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, spoke about working for ...