Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in ...

A nativity scene featuring baby Jesus wrapped ... (credit: REUTERS/YARA NARDI) The sculpture was designed from olive wood, as well as mother-of-pearl, stone, ceramic, glass, felt, and fabric.

Michigan couple brings Bethlehem’s olive wood carvings to Fort Wayne, donating 85% of proceeds to struggling Palestinian Christian families.

Olive trees in the biblical Garden of Gethsemane at the Mount ... The boat’s body is made of 12 different types of wood, all mentioned in the Bible. A huge double rainbow appeared in the sky at the ...

Queen of Hearts isn’t just an antique store – it’s a full-day excursion into the past, a museum where everything’s for sale, ...

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Bethlehem workshops where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days. On most Easters the shops lining the streets of the town known as Jesus’s birthplace would be ...