Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, who has lived in city for decades, strives to maintain good relations with both Israelis and ...

May 11 this year we honor mothers. However, mothers-in-law often get bad press. Marjorie Manson Telford wrote in the Reader’s Digest about a visit to her parents ...

For the 106th consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces have sustained their military assault on Tulkarem city and its ...

Yet he also called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and to Israeli occupation, wearing a kaffiyeh while in Bethlehem on Christmas ... a question about why the field interests him so much.

Pope Francis has a lamb placed around his neck as he visits a living ... the church can be compared to a field hospital after a battle. Everyone the church encounters carries deep wounds from ...

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on Monday after ... Pope Francis after the news of his death at age 88, in Bethlehem, West Bank, on Monday, April 21, 2025.

A person familiar with the U.S. negotiators said that America “had never confirmed its participation” in a fourth round of ...

Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a skilled diplomat from humble origins, is the Catholic Church's highest-ranking ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Subscribe to be in the know of the most important moments around the world ... The Grecian Evaristus’ Jewish father was from Bethlehem. The youngest pope, elected in 1032, was Benedict IX.

“I see the church as a field hospital after battle ... Makes an unscheduled stop to pray at wall separating Israel from West Bank town of Bethlehem, in a show of support for the Palestinian ...