As a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jerusalem has always been of great symbolic importance. Among its 220 historic monuments, the Dome of the Rock stands out: built in the 7th century, ...

(photo: Photo Courtesy / Custos of the Holy Land) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World April 14, 2025 On Palm Sunday, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, called on Christians ...

On Palm Sunday, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, called on Christians in the Holy Land to “hope against all hope” during a difficult time, remembering that ...

In April 1948, on the last Passover before Israel declared her independence just a few weeks later, Rabbi Uziel extended an olive branch to the Muslim world: “I reach out to our Arab neighbors ...

Catholic priests in Israel and Gaza have expressed hope for the restoration of peace in the region amid reports of increased restrictions on Palestinian Christians commemorating Holy Week or visiting ...

This 12th-century Romanesque basilica contains what is believed to be a cloth stained with the blood of Jesus Christ brought back from the Holy Land in ... the basilica "beautiful" and said ...