A fight over money has erupted at one of Christianity’s most holy sites. The doors of Jerusalem’s sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which hosts thousands each day and is revered as the place where ...

The last time the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was closed for an extended period was in 1349, during an outbreak of the Black Death in Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel.

Jerusalem Church leaders have issued a Christmas message speaking of their continued hope for peace amid ongoing conflict and ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims crowded into a Jerusalem church for an ancient fire ritual Saturday that will see them passing lit flames through the packed holy site in a celebration ...

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem calls for advocating for ‘a true and just peace’ in Palestine and worldwide - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Father Emilio Lonzi, 60, a priest in the city of Pescara, Italy, had been in Israel for a few days to attend a seminar when the news of the death of Pope Francis broke on Monday, the day after Easter.

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — Thousands of Christian believers will fill the medieval chambers of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Saturday for a ritual known as the Holy Fire, packed shoulder ...

The Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem has sparked outrage over newly revealed plans to sell around 27 acres of church property to two Israeli companies seeking to connect a Bethlehem-area settlement to ...

Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages. But the ...

In a rare move, leaders from the Greek, Armenian and Catholic denominations said they were indefinitely closing the church because of a "systematic campaign" by Israeli authorities. "As a measure of ...

On Sunday, church leaders, in a rare showing of outrage and unity, closed the holy site until their demands are met. “This reminds us all of laws of a similar nature which were enacted against the ...

The Jerusalem church built at the site many see as the holiest in Christianity reopened on Wednesday after a three-day closure to protest against Israeli measures had left thousands of visitors locked ...