Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo, custos of the Holy Land, is urging pilgrims to return to a land nearly devoid of pilgrims over the last two years not only as an opportunity to be where Christ was, ...

Israel’s war in Gaza since Oct. 7 has led to the near collapse of a once-thriving pilgrimage/tourism sector. “Within a matter of minutes, everything changed.” This is what Arsen Aghazarian recalled ...

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, an ancient chivalric order of the Catholic Church rooted in the Holy Land, made a pilgrimage to the ...

Israel markets itself as “the land of creation” — and for good reason. Israel is home to the Holy Land, to a plethora of beautiful landscapes, and certain traditions argue that the spot where God ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, presides over an hour of adoration and vespers Oct. 7, 2024, in the Pro Cathedral of the Latin Patriarchate in the Old City of Jerusalem ...

This past Lent I had the privilege of visiting the Holy Land with my fellow Knights and Dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a papal order of Catholic Knighthood of ...

The Holy Land's sacred sites overflow with tourists in normal times, but with war in Gaza, most airlines have canceled flights to the region. The streets of the Old City of Jerusalem are deserted with ...

Father Björn Lundberg was looking forward to his trip to Israel. A parish priest of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, Lundberg hadn’t set foot in the Holy Land since last going on pilgrimage there ...

Christian leaders are encouraging pilgrimages to the Holy Land, emphasizing its safety and spiritual significance. Tour operators are seeing an uptick in interest and bookings for pilgrimages, after a ...

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Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a Byzantine-period church in the northern Negev desert with wall art displaying ships. The surprise findings were announced in a ...