This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to unfold under a complex and emotional landscape marked by sorrow and hope as war continues in Gaza and security tensions escalate ...

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 ...

The Vatican is making an urgent appeal to Catholic bishops worldwide, calling for renewed support for the Holy Land’s struggling Christian communities as they face the ongoing war and economic ...

Good Friday, April 18, is the Holy Land Collection. (CNS file photo) On Good Friday, April 18, Catholics across the world will be asked to give to the Holy Land Collection, which is the main source of ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the Church prepares to celebrate Easter the Franciscan Custody of Holy Land urges Christians worldwide to contribute generously to the annual Good Friday Collection to help give hope to Christian ...

ACI MENA, 19 April, 2025 / 2:00 pm (ACI Africa). This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to unfold under a complex and emotional landscape marked by sorrow and hope as war ...

THE CHOSEN’s Jonathan Roumie experienced the Holy Land during this Holy Week as part of prayer app Hallow’s video series “Holy Week in the Holy Land.” “After the Last Supper, Jesus and the disciples ...

Despite the ongoing war in Gaza and heightened tensions in the West Bank and Jerusalem, both Catholic and Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land are resolved to observe Easter, albeit under challenging ...