A wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced some residents to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

In these nine years I have had the pleasure and privilege of being able to offer you Easter greetings from the very places that recall the Resurrection of Jesus and his first apparitions: the empty ...

However, Father Gianfranco Pinto of the Custody of the Holy Land, who was accompanying the delegation, noted that the nuncio and his delegation were actually momentarily delayed as they were leaving ...

JERUSALEM — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles ...

It has also ignited safety concerns. In 1834 a frenzied stampede broke out in the darkened church, and the ruler of the Holy Land at the time barely escaped after his guards drew swords and ...