JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly blessing prayer.

For the second year in a row, few foreign pilgrims were in attendance at the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives into the Old City of Jerusalem due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas ...

The Passion story—the events leading up to the death of Jesus, as recounted in the four gospels of the New Testament—is literally the crux of the Christian faith. An early biography of J.S. Bach ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by Jewish men who can trace ...

Live” mocked President Trump’s tariffs in its Easter-themed cold open, saying the U.S. stock market “did a Jesus.” The ...

Clergy and faithful gathered on Sunday in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of the Holy Week preceding Easter.

The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem have issued a statement expressing “great concern” and voicing their ...

The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.

An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Catholic Church does over ...

St Paul’s writings indicate what had become accepted knowledge about Christ’s life and faith, says Joan Taylor ...

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