FRANCISCANS taking care of some of Christianity’s holiest sites are seeing hope as pilgrims make their return to the tourism-dependent ...
SIX United States Franciscan provincials told President Joe Biden in a joint letter that “now is the time for boldness ...
THE chairman of the US bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace called on Israelis and Palestinians to end the ...
Question: I have heard that the original tablet that Pilate had fastened to the Cross of Christ, with the INRI ...
Sacred way: Christians carry a cross during a procession along Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem’s Old City on Good Friday. HOLY ...
Joyful years: John and Lorraine McNamara celebrated 50 years of marriage on September 5; and (inset) John ...
Holy place: The Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem. THIRTY-one pilgrims, including Rockhampton Bishop Michael McCarthy, found themselves humbled ...
Sacred site: The site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is identified as ...
Saintly connection: Paul and Genevieve Swan with four of their five children, Daniel, Caitlyn, Rebecca and ...
Christian presence: A Franciscan priest holds a cross as he hears confession from a young pilgrim ...
Jerusalem prayer: Jewish worshippers pray on November 19 at a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian ...
Peace prayer: Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands as Pope Francis ...
Praying for peace: Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople embrace during an ecumenical celebration ...
Seeking peace: Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives in St Peter's Square to lead ...
Embracing peace: Pope Francis embraces Argentine Rabbi Abraham Skorka after praying at the Western Wall in ...
AMMAN, Jordan: Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem welcomed the announcement of Pope Francis' May visit to the Holy Land ...
