Carved into the rock near Temple Mount, the structure comprises eight rooms, containing an altar, a sacred standing stone, ...

The 266th head of the Catholic Church called for peace in the Middle East—a routine request from his predecessors. But Pope ...

JERUSALEM — Hope, the theme chosen by Pope Francis for Jubilee 2025, is in short supply in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza right now, but is needed more than ever, local Catholic leaders say. While few ...

In Catholicism, the Jubilee Year is a holy and special year of grace, forgiveness, and renewal, inviting believers to deepen ...

Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, and the author most recently of ...

Catholic bishops in the Holy Land prayed for “the ability to hope again” after “a prolonged time of trial and tribulation” in ...

I am also a man of faith, of Jewish faith, and as such, could not comprehend the [nativity] Scene as I saw it in the media.

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others.

A Greek Orthodox clergy member kisses a young worshipper at the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus Christ ...

Security forces arranged barriers near the Church of the Nativity, built atop the spot where Jesus ... may still hold the key to peace in Bethlehem, Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, and the rest of the ...