The tone for this Christmas is set: "If Jesus were ... During the midnight Mass in the Nativity Basilica, Cardinal Pizzaballa spoke of the glaring paradox of a Holy Land torn by divisions and ...

He also showed a particular interest in the Holy Land, and in the complex relations ... The 135 cardinals will set that future with their election of the next pope. Some 108 were appointed by ...

the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The Custody of the Holy Land includes 270 Franciscan priests and brothers from more than 30 countries. They ...

Christian leaders are encouraging pilgrimages to the Holy Land, emphasizing its safety and ... Pilgrims are drawn to sites including the Church of the Nativity, the Sea of Galilee and the Church ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master ... on a pile of rubble, in his nativity scene set up in the West Bank, causing an ...

Covering 2,200 square meters, the church is set to be one of the largest in the Middle East, joining esteemed places of pilgrimage and prayer like the Church of the Annunciation, the Church of the ...

She estimates that she now has approximately 300 sets, from many places around the world – Kenya, Tanzania, Germany, the Holy Land, Iowa, and many, many other places. “My husband’s aunt also had a ...

(AP Video shot by Axel Gerke) Hundreds gathered at the Midnight Christmas Mass in Bethlehem, where the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was present.

The 2025 Holy Year is set to begin in Rome ... at any of the four papal basilicas in Rome or the Holy Land, or other sacred Jubilee sites “so as to manifest the great need for conversion ...

JANESVILLE — Several generations of Marshall Middle School students and their families know Ron Shuler as a retired math teacher, who spent more than 30 years in the classroom there. But there ...

A display of Nativity scenes will also be set up for people to enjoy at the church ... as church members have volunteered to play the role of the Holy Family, the Wise Men, shepherds and an ...

Addressing the donors’ of the Vatican’s Nativity Scene and Christmas tree earlier this month, Pope Francis said it serves as a reminder of the ongoing war in the Holy Land, as Vatican News reported.