This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

Palestinians trying to access Christianity's holiest sites in the Old City of Jerusalem face restrictions and hostility ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

The current ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, has balanced the growing power of Moscow, but the question ...

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in white tunics gather at the DSK Mariam Church to chant and pray in an ...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa and members of the clergy take part in the traditional Palm Sunday procession in the rain at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on April 13. (photo: ...

Thousands of Christians gathered in Qaraqosh, Iraq, to welcome Christ as king and prince of peace as Holy Week began for ...

Holy Week is the holiest week of the Greek Orthodox Church, symbolizing the passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

JERUSALEM (OSV News) – For the second year in a row, few foreign pilgrims were in attendance at the traditional Palm Sunday ...

The Israeli bombing of Gaza’s Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, especially on Palm Sunday, has ignited widespread condemnation from ...

A hospital in Gaza was intentionally hit by the Israeli military on Palm Sunday, prompting widespread condemnations from ...