Christians from both Eastern Catholic and Orthodox backgrounds face threats that put their entire future at risk.

This is that despite the fact that in the Judean hills in which I live, from Bethlehem to Hebron, despite a century of Jews being attacked and slaughtered here by Arabs (Hebron 1929, Kfar Etzion ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS ... Like other Palestinian Catholics in the Holy Land, the store’s ... If she could ask one thing of Pope Leo, she said, “it would be to help the people here live ...

Many Christians of the Holy Land rejoiced at the election of Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Saint Peter. Many of us hope that the new pope will follow the legacy of his predecessor, Pope Francis ...

Bethlehem is a Christian city. We always pray for peace," she said. Coming to Bethlehem from the northern Arab-Israeli city of Nazareth, Fahed, 45, and Maisa, 42, Hawa said they had opted to spend ...

The Holy Land has been in a state of conflict for more than 100 years. The present crisis began in 1917, when the British committed to establish a “Jewish homeland” in Palestine.

The Associated Press. Top Catholic cleric in Holy Land arrives in Bethlehem. Posted: December 24, 2024 | Last updated: March 5, 2025. Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa visited Bethlehem on ...

In the Christmas story, a baby is born in Bethlehem. New stories begin a dozen times a day in Bethlehem’s busiest maternity ward. Less than a 15-minute walk from the Church of the Nativity – ...

It is so special in the Holy Land. Jesus was born here", said Souad Handal, a 55-year-old tour guide from Bethlehem. "It's so bad (now) because the economy of Bethlehem, it depends on tourism." ...

War in the Holy Land has dried up tourism, Bethlehem shop owner says. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. ... “I was born in Bethlehem and I live in Bethlehem,” Nissan said.

Clark has made 15 trips to the Holy Land since his first as a new pastor in the 1980s. At first, ... About 3 million Palestinians live in the West Bank, ... near Bethlehem, was demolished and her land ...

The Holy Land's sacred sites overflow with tourists in normal times, but with war in Gaza, most airlines have canceled flights to the region. The streets of the Old City of Jerusalem are deserted with ...