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Tourists visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City April 3, 2022. With Palestinian-Israeli tensions rising, three religions prepare to celebrate holidays of Easter, Ramadan and Passover after two years of pandemic restrictions. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

World

As three feasts converge, Holy Land Christians hope for peace, tourism

Judith Sudilovsky|Apr 6, 2022|4 Min Read

The Redemptoris Mater Seminary of Galilee overlooking the Sea of Galilee, near the site of what is believed to be the Mount of Beatitudes. (Shutterstock)

Faith

No coincidences: What Christians can learn from the land that raised Jesus

Stefano Rebeggiani|Mar 8, 2022|8 Min Read

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa blesses the congregation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem via CNA)

World

Holy Land’s Catholic bishops invite Orthodox leaders to contribute to synodal path

Catholic News Agency|Jan 28, 2022|2 Min Read

A shattered statue of Mary and the Christ Child is pictured inside St. Stephen Church in the Beit Jamal Salesian monastery near Jerusalem Sept. 26, 2017, after vandals broke into the church. "Since 2012, there have been countless incidents of physical and verbal assaults against priests and other clergy, attacks on Christian churches, with holy sites regularly vandalized and desecrated," Christian leaders said Dec. 13, 2021. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

World

Holy Land Christians need more protection, Christian leaders in Jerusalem warn

Kate Olivera|Dec 16, 2021|2 Min Read

Amir Buchbut looks at his damaged house after it was hit with a rocket fired from Gaza to Sderot, Israel, May 20, 2021. (Baz Ratner/Reuters via CNS)

World

Cease-fire helps, but peace requires equality, Palestine official says

Junno Arocho Esteves|May 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis gestures as he leads his general audience in in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 19, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope thanks God for cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

Inés San Martín|May 21, 2021|3 Min Read

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa blesses the congregation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

World

Israel-Gaza conflict: Patriarch Pizzaballa asks Catholics to pray for peace and justice

Catholic News Agency|May 18, 2021|6 Min Read

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the "Regina Coeli" from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 17, 2021. The pope said the death and injury of so many innocent people in the Gaza-Israel clashes is "terrible and unacceptable." (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: Children’s deaths in Israel-Gaza conflict ‘terrible and unacceptable’

Catholic News Agency|May 16, 2021|4 Min Read

A Palestinian man walks past the remains of a tower building in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, in Gaza City May 13, 2021. (CNS photo/Suhaib Salem, Reuters)

Gaza conflict illustrates why the Vatican works so hard at impartiality

John L. Allen Jr.|May 13, 2021|5 Min Read

Family and friends mourn in Eliakim, Israel, May 13, 2021, during the funeral of Omer Tabib, an Israeli soldier who was killed during cross-border fighting near Gaza. (CNS photo/Avishag Shar-Yashuv, Reuters)

World

U.S. bishop urges end of Holy Land violence between Israelis, Palestinians

Catholic News Service|May 13, 2021|3 Min Read

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa blesses the congregation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

World

At Easter Sunday Mass, Patriarch Pizzaballa tells Holy Land Christians ‘nothing is impossible’

Catholic News Agency|Apr 5, 2021|4 Min Read

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. (Jorge Lascar/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 via CNA)

Faith

Catholic groups announce virtual pilgrimage to Holy Land

Catholic News Agency|Feb 8, 2021|2 Min Read

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