Archaeologists Found a 2,000-Year-Old Garden Beneath a Church. It May Be the Site of Jesus's Tomb.

The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of ...
National Catholic Register

New Discoveries May Change What We Know About Jerusalem’s Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher

Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher, one of the holiest places in the world for Christians and an important pilgrimage site since the fourth century, is revealing more of its secrets. Ongoing ...
America Magazine

With a new cardinal, Jerusalem (finally) finds its place at the heart of the Catholic Church

Perhaps because the large, white outdoor papal throne was already in place for Saturday night’s ecumenical prayer vigil on Sept. 30, just ahead of the opening of the Synod on Synodality, or because as ...
Catholic News Agency

The Church in the Holy Land rings in the new year with pleas for peace

“May the Lord give you peace,” the Franciscan words of greeting, resounded several times in the celebrations of the end of the year and the beginning of the year in the Holy Land. The words were ...
International Middle East Media Center

WCC condemns attack by Jewish extremists on a church in Jerusalem, calls for protection of holy sites

GENEVA, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 (WAFA) – World Council of Churches general secretary Jerry Pillay today condemned an attack by Jewish extremists that took place in the Church of Gethsemane, also known ...
Al-Monitor

Thousands attend Jerusalem 'Holy Fire' rite for Orthodox Easter

A beam of light enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as Christians crowd with candles around the Edicule, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus — RONALDO SCHEMIDT Thousands of ...