The flowers and plants arrived at the Vatican ... This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to unfold under a complex and emotional landscape as war continues in Gaza.

However, Father Gianfranco Pinto of the Custody of the Holy Land, who was accompanying the delegation, noted that the nuncio and his delegation were actually momentarily delayed as they were leaving ...

Known as 'the city of roses', the hills of Taif city produce around 300 million of the area's signature pink roses annually ...

Cesarius of Aries. If these documents do not tell us what was the duration and what the exercises of this holy season, they at least show us how ancient was the practice of distinguishing the time ...

Thus, the Ilkhanate became the absolute master of the Holy Land. However, the situation lasted barely four months in 1300, because as soon as the Mongols left, the sultan regained the lost territory ...

The Vatican is making an urgent appeal to Catholic bishops worldwide, calling for renewed support for the Holy Land’s struggling Christian communities as they face the ongoing war and economic ...

He also showed a particular interest in the Holy Land, and in the complex relations between Israel and the Palestinians. One of his first trips abroad as Pope was to Israel, where he placed a note ...

In these nine years I have had the pleasure and privilege of being able to offer you Easter greetings from the very places that recall the Resurrection of Jesus and his first apparitions: the empty ...