“The olive tree is the least appropriate tree. We have different type of local oaks that better serve the purpose.” Today there are even more “true cross” fragments on display around the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Artisans in and around Bethlehem specialize in carving wood from a tree that makes several appearances in the Bible. They consider the work — a millennium-old ...

Since Dec. 6, Palestinians have held sporadic demonstrations to protest President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the American ...

“The thing about the cross is you’ve always got to remember that it’s about the person who hung there, the wood itself in the end is just the instrument of torture.” 35.994033 -78.898619 ...

“The olive tree is the least appropriate tree. We have different type of local oaks that better serve the purpose.” Today there are even more “true cross” fragments on display around the ...