In 326 Constantine erected a church there. After it was damaged in 529 during a revolt, the Emperor Justinian pulled it down and built in its place the present church, the oldest one in the Holy Land.

In the United States, Catholic pilgrimage leaders also expressed optimism, saying their partners on the ground in the Holy Land are hopeful that the ceasefire will hold and perhaps even end the war.

The Governor Of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has charged intending Christian Pilgrims to the Holy Land of Israel to be ...

Airlines have begun to resume flights to Israel that have been suspended due to the military conflicts that ensued after ...

ETS Tours announces the full-scale return of its Holy Land programs in 2025, encouraging early booking for faith-based travel ...

Robert the Bruce’s dying wish was to have his heart taken to the Holy Land. A group of men from West Dunbartonshire have ...

far fewer spiritual pilgrimage tours are heading for Israel and Palestine. Normally, Christian organizations support a tremendous number of tours to the Holy Land, taking about 700,000 individuals ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian, has been getting a lot of attention on social media. Some ...

Arab Muslims conquered the Holy Land in 638. The Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque are sites of pilgrimage for Muslims. For Jewish people, Jerusalem is important it is seen as the centre of ...

Ahead of the 'Jordan: Dawn of Christianity' exhibition in the Vatican, Father Rifat Badar, a Jordanian priest with the Latin ...