Instead, they got to work, reciting a prayer for each seed they planted. Once again, their devotion to the land, their love of farming, and their desire to provide for as many people as they could ...

Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes.

At least seven Palestinians were killed seeking aid in southern and central Gaza between late Monday and early Tuesday.

Mourners pray for peace in Gaza, release of remaining Israeli hostages one year after Oct. 7 In the north suburbs, a crowd of 1,200 honors the victims of Oct. 7 and pledges solidarity with Israel.

Christians make up between 1% and 2% of Gaza’s predominantly Muslim population. Open Doors US said when the Holy Land war started after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attacks there were than 1,000 ...

They pray for you because you always pray for them,” Yusuf told the pope, according to Vatican News. Christmas Mass at the Holy Family parish in Gaza City on Dec. 24. Rami Zohud / Middle East ...

Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to deliver his first Sunday blessing and an address calling for peace in ...

Animal care as an Indigenous skill is more rooted in experience than modern science, a Rogers Park reader writes. Other readers give their views on Gaza protesters at the DNC, a new Illinois flag ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes early Friday ...

Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to deliver his first Sunday blessing and an address calling for peace in ...