"What you bring back from the holy land is faith…. You take your faith there and you bring it back," Owusu said. Pilgrim groups hit a record high in January 2018, ...

For Friedman, a visit to the Holy Land is a seminal experience in the life of a believer. “There is a difference between studying the Bible or reading the Bible, and visiting the Bible,” he ...

Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory, despite ongoing bloodshed and war, the patriarchs of the Holy Land said, as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa encouraged pilgrims to come ...

Now war rages, and the land is red with blood, mostly from innocents. “Holy Land” has become a misnomer that mocks the religious tenets of those to whom this place is sacred. Advertisement ...

Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in Israel boosts interest.

The Holy Land tourism industry was decimated first by COVID-19 and again on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, igniting a war between Hamas and Israel.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that the rise of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has made life worse for Christians in ...

Back at Holy Hill Basilica in Hubertus, Wis., the Carmelite priest is doing what others did for him when he was stranded in the war-torn Holy Land. "Now I'm one of those praying for those to get ...

Jerusalem is semi-deserted, with many shops, schools, and offices closed, but the Custody of the Holy Land has kept holy sites open for visitors and pilgrims. Monday, May 12, 2025 A service of ...