One of the things that the holiday commemorates is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s death – the same sage who survived on carob ...

And, finally, how does Utah compare to the Holy Land — in geography and in the religious landscape? Both have Jordan Rivers, both have dead seas and both have some similar terrain. Both also ...

Returning to our Holy Land atop the magnificent bird’s wings ... FURTHER SOUTH in the Ramon Crater, griffon vultures live in a landscape just about as different from the Carmel Mountains as ...

This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to unfold under a complex and emotional landscape marked by sorrow and hope as war continues in Gaza and security tensions escalate ...

The Holy Land, and Jerusalem in particular ... is nothing if not an agent of hope in a dark landscape. Repeatedly calling for the cessation of the conflict, the creation of an “immediate ...

(OSV News) -- Catholic leaders in the Holy Land called on Christian pilgrims to return to the region following the implementation of the long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. A joint ...

Weaving together the Israeli and Palestinian narratives to better understand the Holy Land The hour-long RICK STEVES' SPECIAL: THE HOLY LAND, ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TODAY weaves together both ...

St. Francis had just returned from his own pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1223 and was struck by the similarity of Greccio’s caves to the landscape of Bethlehem. The connection prompted the ...

An ancient Catholic lay order with members worldwide is leading a campaign to renovate and modernize dozens of schools in the Holy Land, an effort the group says is an important and concrete step ...