The uncharacteristic silence at the hermitage of the Garden of Gethsemane was, in a way, fitting to the current world situation, said Franciscan Father Diego Dalla Gassa, who is responsible for the hermitage garden. "We are ...
During all the years he has worked as an assistant to the Franciscan Fathers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jeries Majlaton has never seen the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem so ...
On Pentecost, Hedal Farraj was able to pray with her family in their local parish church in Nazareth’s Old City, just as places of worship were opening up in Israel following two months of quarantine ...
Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site opened to visitors May 26 after being closed since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But amid the joy was a feeling ...
For the first time in historical memory, Holy Week and Easter prayers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the traditional site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus, will be bereft of pilgrims and ...
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem urged its faithful to cooperate with the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health, following its order March 5 to close all schools, universities, mosques and churches, including the Church of the ...
The many churches in and around Jerusalem provide ample opportunities for pilgrimage, walking the path of Christ
As dusk began to fade into evening, the lobby of the Notre Dame Center of Jerusalem filled with guests — some trudging in with their suitcases arriving from the airport, others returning from a full ...
Doctoral student Oren Ableman couldn’t believe his eyes. The Hebrew University student and scroll researcher at the Dead Sea Scrolls Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) had been working on a digitization project for ...
Tucked away behind Nativity Square, not far from the Church of the Nativity that, according to Christian tradition, marks the spot where Jesus was born in the manger, is the Milk Grotto. This is the ...
Follow Us
Trending
-
Advent reflections from the women Doctors of the Church
-
With a clear conscience, Catholics can receive a COVID-19 vaccine
-
John Paul II, sainthood and understanding the Church’s doctrine of infallibility
-
A new opportunity to challenge the triumph of McCarrick Catholicism
-
Pope creates 13 new cardinals, including Washington archbishop
