Holy Land

This week started off with a bang with the launch of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and the pope’s interview on CBS television, and it just kept rolling with news about …

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — In a previously unpublicized visit, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, entered the Gaza Strip May 16, reaching Holy Family Parish for his first …

(OSV News) — Holding her 18-month-old son Ahmad in her arms, Ayah Issa, 32, broke into a smile when she saw Sister of Charity Aleya Kattakayam at the entrance of …

As a Benedictine College graduate, I have many thoughts about a recent Associated Press article about “traditional” and “liberal” Catholicism in the U.S. featuring the college. First, I found it …

(OSV News) — As the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth month, ending hostilities “all around” to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has become critical, the head of a …

Good evening! After you raise a happy hour glass to St. Germanicus, a youth in Smyrna martyred in 155 after he refused to apostatize, raise it again to the crowds …

By Michael Kelly (OSV News) — In the shadow of darkness, eight children in Gaza City beamed with joy as they received their first Communion. As the world marked 100 …

(OSV News) — As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted that Palestinians must not be pressured into leaving Gaza and must be allowed to return to their homes …

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (OSV News) — Almost a year ago, Elia Khair and Jouline Salameh opened their own high-end tourist restaurant in Beit Sahour, an eastern suburb of Bethlehem not …

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — As the humanitarian crisis escalates in Gaza — amid tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered near Gaza’s border with Egypt, attempting to flee, and a health …