For Christians, Jerusalem is the place where they believe Jesus died ... Arab Muslims conquered the Holy Land in 638. The Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque are sites of pilgrimage for ...

Early in the fourth century, the emperor Constantine sent an imperial delegation to the Holy Land to identify places associated with the life of Christ and hallow them with churches and shrines.

Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed cautious optimism that pilgrims will be able to return to the region amid a new ...

Somehow, the setting sun in Israel seems closer than in other places. From a mountaintop ... imagining generations of Jews who settled this land before us. Thanks to Boaz Zissu and his team ...

While few Holy Land Christians will be able to travel to ... communities,” in particular by making pilgrimages to the holy places on their doorstep. “For us, Catholics of the Holy Land ...