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Palestinian Roland Bassir stands on a hill overlooking his and his brother's quarry in the Christian village of Taybeh, West Bank, March 23, 2026. Bassir said he has been unable to open his quarry since Israeli Jewish extremist settlers took control of the area, threatening him with violence if he comes to work in the quarry he has owned for 20 years. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

Franciscans press Rubio to act on settler violence against West Bank Christians

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jul 15, 2026|3 Min Read

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa swings a censer over the altar June 4, 2026, in the the tomb where Christ's body laid after his crucifixion and before the resurrection, in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, after celebrating Mass and leading a Corpus Christi procession. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

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Corpus Christi a reminder of the strength of life over death, Jerusalem patriarch says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jun 5, 2026|3 Min Read

Alaa Dahnoun, 12, who said she survived an Israeli strike that forced her to flee with her parents to Beirut, looks out through her apartment's damaged window in Nabatieh, Lebanon, April 18, 2026, after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect. (OSV News photo/Zohra Bensemra, Reuters)

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Christian sites under attack in Holy Land as violence and displacement intensify

Paulina Guzik|May 4, 2026|5 Min Read

Franciscan Father Stéphane Milovitch, director of the Cultural Heritage Office for the Custodia Terrae Sanctae in Jerusalem, is pictured Jan. 30, 2023. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy). (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)

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Franciscans in the Holy Land ask for support through Good Friday collection

Catholic News Service|Apr 8, 2025|2 Min Read

Palestinian Catholics light candles before Mass at St. Catherine Church, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 17, 2023, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

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Christmas celebratory again in Holy Land amid ongoing war; patriarch urges pilgrims to return

OSV News|Dec 4, 2024|3 Min Read

Jaffa Gate

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Holy Land religious tourism keeps suffering as war keeps pilgrims away

Marinella Bandini|Jun 4, 2024|7 Min Read

Bethlehem

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Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem remains a ray of hope in war-torn Holy Land

Judith Sudilovsky|May 1, 2024|5 Min Read

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of Jerusalem, greets the faithful before celebrating Mass in Rome to formally take possession of his titular church, the Church of St. Onuphrius on the Janiculum, May 1, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

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Cardinal says church shouldn't expect 'miracle' of peace in Holy Land

Justin McLellan|May 1, 2024|3 Min Read

Pizzaballa

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Holy Land Patriarchs call for an ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Holy Land message

Charles Collins|Mar 29, 2024|4 Min Read

Closed businesses are seen at dusk in Old City Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter in Feb. 2024. (Angelus News)

LA archdiocese asks parishes to hold special collection for Holy Land relief

Pablo Kay|Mar 4, 2024|2 Min Read

Pilgrims from the Diocese of Arlington, Va., pray in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City Oct. 10, 2023. Pilgrims who were in Israel following a surprise terrorist attack by Hamas against civilian communities in southern Israel Oct. 7 lit candles and said prayers of peace at the church as fighting continued in southern Israel. (OSV News/Debbie Hill)

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In Israel-Gaza war, what Catholics are doing for the Holy Land (and how to help)

Ann Rodgers|Nov 7, 2023|8 Min Read

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, speaks during a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 31, 2023. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

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Christians must be supported during Holy Land violence, cardinal says

Cindy Wooden|Oct 31, 2023|3 Min Read

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