Many Christians of the Holy Land rejoiced at the election of Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Saint Peter. Many of us hope ...

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

On a quiet hilltop in northern Israel, surrounded by palm trees and scented flowers, Father Anthony Randazzo closed his eyes and reflected on the significance of the ground beneath him. Like many ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

The Forest Service conceded that “the ultimate destruction of the land will prevent religious exercise as it is right now,” but promised to preserve a fraction for Apache ceremonies.

But at the same time, they beamed with purpose and solemn pride. The next morning, the fate of Oak Flat — a holy land to Apaches now threatened by mining interests — would hang in the balance.

On April 18, Donald Trump’s administration decided to push the Resolution Copper Mine at Oak Flat to a new priority list in ...

Relations between Jordan and the Vatican were warm during Pope Francis’ papacy.In May 2014, during his first year as a pontiff, Pope Francis visited Jordan and initiated a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Who guarantees our safety, security, freedom and continued independence today? None other than this generation’s Maccabees, ...

When Pierbattista Pizzaballa was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in September 2023, his jurisdiction - the Holy Land - was ...