An ancient Catholic lay order with members worldwide is leading a campaign to renovate and modernize dozens of schools in the Holy Land, an effort the group says is an important and concrete step ...

Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, is encouraging prayers and solidarity for the Holy Land as what ...

He concluded: “During this Lenten season, as we strive for an ever-deeper conversion, I invite all people of faith to pray for peace in the Holy Land.” ...

UPDATE: Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Israel-Palestine documentary “No Other Land,” has been freed, according to a social media post from co-director Yuval Abraham. “After being ...

Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian director who won an Oscar three weeks ago for his documentary film “No Other Land,” was released by Israeli forces Tuesday after being detained the day prior ...

By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media Reporter One of the co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land was injured and detained after a conflict that took place on the West Bank.

Abraham and Ballal co-directed “No Other Land,” which showed the systematic territorial dispossession of a Palestinian community in the West Bank. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the ...