The town of Bethlehem decided to have its Christmas celebrations return, starting with the lighting of the giant Christmas ...

All Saints is not just a day when we remember only the many canonised saints in the church. It is the day when we remember ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the religious leader of Catholics in the Palestinian territories and Israel, is visiting ...

As Pope Leo XIV urged in Turkey Nov. 27 that “the future of humanity is at stake” with ongoing conflict in the Middle East ...

Catholic leaders warn Gaza remains in a critical state as winter and flooding worsen the crisis. CNEWA and Cardinal ...

This is Gaza—where schools have become military targets, where the morning assembly has been replaced by queues for bread, ...

People are living in tents without anything.” The cardinal, who is the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, spoke about the dire ...

Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and divisive, with some ...

Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying that the two leaders found common ground on key ...

In Rome, Silicon Valley executives looked for the sacred under frescoed ceilings. But in Rio’s kitchens, Seoul’s basements, ...

Bethlehem has held its first Christmas celebrations in two years. The West Bank city, revered by Christians as the birthplace ...

For Palestinian Muslims and Christians, the creation of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, on the land of historic ...