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In the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, the church of the Lord’s resurrection, the Easter Vigil is held on Saturday morning instead of at night.
In Jerusalem, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land venerate the two stones that, according to Luke’s Gospel, were stained with Jesus’ blood during his passion.
Why do we sing the hymn, “All Are Welcome” in church on Sundays? To quote Inigo Montoya in “The Princess Bride”: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it ...
A top Catholic leader in Jerusalem is willing to put his own life on the line to save Israeli children being held hostage by Hamas, according to multiple news reports. Cardinal Pierbattista ...
OFTEN regarded as the nation’s favourite hymn, England’s anthem for the Commonwealth Games is Jerusalem. But is it England’s National Anthem and do you know the words? Here is everythin… ...
Bishop Glenda Curry, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, on Thursday ordained the Rev. Katie Kirk as a priest at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top papal respresentative in Jerusalem, said he'll do "anything" to bring "those children back home" from Gaza.
Catholic cardinal from Jerusalem visits Chicago area, calls for a ceasefire in Gaza Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of the Holy Land, led Mass at Our Lady of the Ridge in Chicago Ridge ...
In closing his victory speech Saturday night, President-elect Joe Biden, the nation's second Catholic president after John F. Kennedy, recalled the Catholic hymn "On Eagle's Wings," a song he said ...
The leader of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem said he would be willing to offer himself in exchange for the safe return of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, an ...
(RNS) — In a striking development, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has opened the way for lawyers of all faiths and none to plead in Jordan’s Latin ...
Occupied Jerusalem: The top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land says the status of Occupied Jerusalem should not be altered by “unilateral decisions,” amid protests over the US recognition ...