In his Easter Sunday homily, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa emphasized that Christ's ...

On Monday morning, April 21, the Christian world was shaken by the passing of Pope Francis at the age of 88. His death marked the end of a life of faith and service that spanned decades ...

Pope Francis meets Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media Patriarch Mar Awa III of the Assyrian Church of the East remembered the pope as ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered enclave, a ritual he tried to keep up in the hospital. By Aaron Boxerman ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A project that will bring apartments and new commercial space to a building on Fourth Street in Bethlehem is getting a big financial boost. The Bethlehem Redevelopment Authority ...

He was seen by many as progressive to some degree, but it's fair to say that even many liberals were disappointed that he didn't break from previous stances of the church on things like abortion ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled ...

Orthodox faithful also lit candles as they attended a Easter Sunday Mass at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul. Christians gathered in Bethlehem, West Bank, at the Church of the ...

Francis' headlining changes were a softening of the Church's stance on homosexuality and contraception, an openness to women carrying out leadership positions within the church, and a rejection of ...

Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem and Beit Sahour, expressed fears over an accelerating decline of the Christian presence in Palestine. Speaking to Anadolu ...