It’s important to remember, though, that the first pope in history, St. Peter, did come from the region now known as Israel. St. Peter was a Jewish fisherman from Galilee—modern-day northern ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa has earned trust among Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and Egyptians alike, developing a ...

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

This month, the historian Nathanael Andrade weighs in with a new book, “Killing the Messiah: The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth ... [or Kohen haGadol in Hebrew] is bringing ...

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

The Mandate for Palestine conferred the right of the Jews to settle anywhere between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean ...

The much younger Italian cardinal from Bergamo, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 60, who has made the Holy Land his home for more ...

It read: ‘Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.’ Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin ...

The Princeton professor and author of such titles as ‘The Gnostic Gospels’ and ‘Beyond Belief’ and more spent seven years on this book.

Before being appointed the 164th Custodian of the Holy Land, Pizzaballa focused heavily on the Hebrew-speaking Catholic ... such as lands around Nazareth. In September 2023, Pope Francis made ...