Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for prayers for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of ...

In Gaza, like much of the West Bank, traditional Easter festivities were replaced by quiet church services and symbolic ...

It’s a city as old as time. Whether you are a believer or an agnostic, Jerusalem considered holy by three Abrahamic religions ...

RONEN ZVULUN / REUTERS In front of the Holy Sepulchre, at the heart of the Christian quarter in Jerusalem, Ghassan Makhalfeh, 60, spoke softly about the death of Pope Francis, a "loss for the ...

In addition, the church, which is in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, contains the tomb where Jesus is said to have been buried and resurrected. The tomb is within a shrine called ...

Israel is preparing to welcome Christian pilgrims for Holy Week (April 13-19, 2025) and Easter (April 20, 2025). But this year is special, as Catholic pilgrims from around the globe are marking the ...

Since the coronavirus pandemic, Israel has imposed strict restrictions ... “They are trying to empty the Christian Quarter and Armenian Quarter.” When Christians were allowed to celebrate ...