On Good Friday 15 April 1949, His Holiness Pius XII addressed to all Archbishops and Bishops of the Catholic world an Encyclical Letter on the subject of the Holy Places of Palestine. The full text is ...

Recalling its successive resolutions which expressed the concern of the United Nations in Jerusalem by reason of the presence therein of Holy Places, religious buildings and sites; Noting that the ...

The Sword of St. Michael, a line of sacred sites stretches mysteriously in perfect alignment from Ireland through Greece to ...

Sacred sites around the world face an uncomfortable paradox. The very tourism that brings awareness and economic support also contributes to their degradation. Every year, millions of visitors arrive ...

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Holy — a word of many meanings and uses: holy day, holy war, holy Bible, holy ground and holy cow (humorous). A synonym commonly used is sacred. People often journey to holy places to learn, to be ...

As in past years, a special collection will be taken in Catholic churches throughout the world on Good Friday to support Christians in the Holy Land. The Vatican has overseen the annual Holy Land — ...

Thousands of Jews, Muslims, and Christians flocked to the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday to pray at the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the day after a two-week ...

1. How did the Franciscans become the custodians of the Holy Land? Father Peter Vasko: It was through the intervention of Bishop Guido of Assisi in late 1209 that St. Francis had the opportunity to ...