Palm Sunday opens Holy Week, the most solemn week in the Church’s liturgical year. On this day, the Church celebrates Jesus’ entrance into the city of Jerusalem. At the Chrism Mass, the bishop ...

THERE will be many sermons preached in Holy Week claiming that Christ was a victim of human injustice. How far this is true is unclear. Scripture, after all, insists that he predicted the destruction ...

Symbols of Solidarity at the Bouskila Seder: Darom Wines from Southern Israel, the Freedom Haggadah with hostage testimonies, and the southern Red Poppy flower blooming with hope. In Hebrew, Seder ...

Uttar Pradesh has been a sacred land for Jain Tirthankaras, with Ayodhya alone being the birthplace of five and Kashi of one, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Wednesday. Highlighting ...

ROME (CNS) -- While pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been few and far between in the past 18 months, hundreds of Franciscan friars celebrate Mass at the sites associated with the life of Jesus each ...

Neither side sees a partner for peace on the other side, and neither side sees the human side of the other. At the present time, the Holy Land is witnessing the convergence of feasts for all three ...

spoke of his sadness that these leaders are quiet about the repression of their fellow Christians in the holy land. “Persecution is happening,” he said, noting for example that some Christians ...

30, 2023. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy). (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy) While pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been few and far between in the past 18 months, hundreds of Franciscan friars celebrate Mass at ...

St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church would like to invite everyone to join them this year for the observance of Holy Week and Easter. A time Christians throughout the world keep the observance of Holy ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom terms out in 2027 and the race to replace him is getting more crowded. Former state Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced his campaign last week, joining a crowded field of ...