The arrest of two Palestinian booksellers in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem drew widespread condemnation ... "It's a famous place, even Israelis come," he said. "When I see that bookstores are ...

(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) JERUSALEM ... Israeli laws come into effect Thursday banning UNRWA from operating on Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from any contact with the agency. The ...

Many Christmas carols make mention of the three kings, who follow a star and come ... magi have been interpreted as kings. According to the Book of Matthew, a bright star led the magi from the ...

According to Scripture, when the Magi, who had been guided by a star from the east, found the child Jesus ... reminds us that the Son of God came into the world to encounter every man and ...

The text says, “Behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.’” Who were ...

We learn of their journey in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 2: In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the ...

He lives in the Jabal Mukaber district of East Jerusalem. Within sight of the Old ... than a decade ago but eventually the authorities came calling. “Even if we build just one brick, the ...

Don’t be fooled. By Bruno Maçães There used to be two ways to arrive in Jerusalem: from the sea to the west and from the deserts to the east. These days, most international visitors come by train from ...

However, the Church celebrates three manifestations of the life of Jesus as epiphanies: the Epiphany of the Magi from the East ... It began in the East and then came to the West in the fourth ...

Christians from all over the world revere them as the "three wise men from the east ... the Magi did not want to separate after visiting Jesus' manger. One day, Thomas the Apostle came by to ...

magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was greatly ...

Preaching on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, David Neuhaus, S.J., explores a curiosity in the story of the Wise Men’s journey from the East ... took the Magi to Jerusalem, as we ...