Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of ...

His first time in Israel was 1948. Born and raised in the mellah (Jewish quarter) of Marrakesh, my father left Morocco for ...

O ld Jerusalem is a Mission institution that’s full almost every night thanks to consistently great Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes. Our favorite is the juicy chicken sh ...

Francis, who had advocated for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, visited Israel and the occupied West Bank in 2014 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of unique, centuries-old inscriptions in a place believed to be the site of the ...

The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of ...

On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the dark and cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a ...

Thousands of Christians gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the centuries-old Holy Fire ceremony, ...

On Saturday, thousands of local and international Christian worshippers seeking to enter Jerusalem's Old City for the Easter ...

Palestinian Christians marked a solemn Easter in northern Gaza, as Israeli forces continued to lay siege to the enclave’s ...

In his final words before departing Jerusalem for the Vatican where he will participate in his first conclave, Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa urged the faithful of his diocese to be ...