Tens of thousands of Jewish worshipers arrived this past weekend at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank’s Hebron for an annual pilgrimage. They filled the streets and alleys of the ...

Things are very different in Israel this Passover. The usual pre-Passover excitement is subdued as we pray for the safe ...

Summary: Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing at least 60 people since the early hours of Monday and displacing more than 400,000 others since ending the ceasefire on March 18. US ...

The ancient church is the scene of a centuries-old Ceremony of the Holy Fire on Easter, when Orthodox patriarchs enter the church’s tomb and come out with candles believed to be lit miraculously. The ...

Jesus has risen: he is not in the tomb. Life has overcome death ... And the angels pay her homage as her subjects ... and the patriarchs and pro­phets and apostles ... and the martyrs and ...

This explosion erupted in Hebron five weeks ago in an ambush near the Tomb of Patriarchs. Analysts fear similar outbreaks of violence may spark over Rachel's Tomb, a tiny stone building at the ...

Legend has it, as recounted by the English Benedictine monk Matthew of Paris, that the energetic Pope Innocent IV died of a ...