We live in an open-air prison, faced with numerous hardships, but we prefer to remain in Bethlehem.” A Christian faith that is never flaunted, but rooted in the land where Jesus was born, underlies ...

and the Nativity in Bethlehem, have been designated as pilgrimage sites for the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, raising hopes that pilgrims may flock to them once again after more than a year of ...

Similarly, in Palestine and Israel, Christian authorities have launched an appeal for the resumption of pilgrimages to places of faith: Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem. The Latin Patriarch of ...

BishopPaolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, calls the “Church of migrants” to embrace Christian hope in his ...

Diocese of Ogdensburg Bishop Terry R. LaValley designates 11 pilgrimage sites during the Ordinary Jubilee 2025.

The vicar of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem speaks about small stories amid war, an Israeli Jew donating an organ to an ...

ETS Tours announces the full-scale return of its Holy Land programs in 2025, encouraging early booking for faith-based travel ...

The Holy Land Coordination delegates visited two projects in Bethlehem: St Martha’s House ... for Christians to return to the Holy Land on pilgrimage. The delegation visited the Tent of Nations ...

In the Holy Land, we should resist the temptation to confuse hope with a political solution to the conflict, which is nowhere in sight, except perhaps for the next generation. Indeed, these are two ...

III. Bethlehem "...she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths. " Luke 2:7 Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem as refugees of a sort. At the present time there are hundreds ...

From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year ...