Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...

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

Workshops in Bethlehem where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days. On most Easters the shops ...

Israel’s war against Hamas has resumed after the latest ceasefire broke down, and there is no end in sight. Tourism to Israel ...

From Bethlehem to the Midwest ... For two days, parishioners browsed tables filled with ornately carved crucifixes, olive wood rosaries, and miniature nativity scenes. Some stopped to talk. Others ...

The acquisition means Herschend will own Lake Compounce, a Bristol, Connecticut, landmark known as the oldest amusement park in the US and the home of Boulder Dash, believed to be the East Coast's ...

The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927. But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its ...

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Jewish settlers today torched dozens of olive trees in the town of Beit Fajjar, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Hasan Breijieh, director of the ...