RAMALLAH, April 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Ramzi Khouri, member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, took part in the joint Holy ...

In these nine years I have had the pleasure and privilege of being able to offer you Easter greetings from the very places that recall the Resurrection of Jesus and his first apparitions: the empty ...

JERUSALEM — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Flames illuminated the Church of the Holy ...

It has also ignited safety concerns. In 1834 a frenzied stampede broke out in the darkened church, and the ruler of the Holy Land at the time barely escaped after his guards drew swords and hacked ...

Despite the crisis, Church leaders from both the Catholic and Orthodox traditions have maintained a message of hope. Cardinal Pizzaballa has urged pilgrims not to hesitate in visiting the Holy Land, ...

The Catholic Church is represented by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Jerusalem (Photo: Lisa Forkner). This church contains the sites ...

They went on to Pentecost, where they are energized with the Holy Spirit in a new and mighty way and they ... it was for something they knew by experience was true. In the Early Church their ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — A new face will help lead a unique Holy Week tradition as Archbishop Casey prepares to bless the steps of Holy Cross Immaculata Church in Mount Adams at midnight. This ...

at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, reenacting of the washing the feet of the apostles by Jesus. Later in the afternoon, Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, the custos of the Holy Land, led a similar ...

Members of the clergy take part in a procession during the washing of the feet ceremony on Holy Thursday in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City April 17, 2025. OSV News ...

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