World leaders send condolences after Pope's deathIn his last address, which took place on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis said ...

Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in ...

ROME (CNS) -- While pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been few and far between in the past 18 months, hundreds of Franciscan friars celebrate Mass at the sites associated with the life of Jesus each ...

It was the last Christian city of the former Latin States of the Holy Land to fall in 1291. The Negev Desert covers an area of 12,500 square kilometers. It occupies almost all of southern Israel, from ...

She also noted that the Holy Land “has currently been devoid of Christian pilgrims” due to the war unleashed after the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, which somewhat mitigates the situation.

“It is very rare to see youths participating in the Holy Land tour. They might plan a trip to Israel and other places in the region but the spots that they visit are non-religious,” says Thoma ...

Uttar Pradesh has been a sacred land for Jain Tirthankaras, with Ayodhya alone being the birthplace of five and Kashi of one, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Wednesday. Highlighting ...

RIVER NORTH — When five poets, three burlesque performers and dancers, a tarot reader and a floating clown walk into a bar, they’re probably entering the world of The Poetry Brothel Chicago, an ...

Through a blend of poetry, diary entries and drawings, she touches on themes of land, belonging and identity — meditating on the impact of colonialism in these places. Blood Root is out now.