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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, left, leads a Christmas Eve Mass at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

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Cardinal celebrates Christmas mass in Gaza City

by Melanie Lidman and Associated Press December 21, 2025

Christmas in Nazareth, Israel. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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Christmas celebrations return to Nazareth in Israel

by Charles Collins December 21, 2025

Palestinian vendors wait for clients in Manger Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

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Christmas spirit returns to Bethlehem after ceasefire in Gaza

by Jalal Bwaitel, Melanie Lidman and Associated Press December 20, 2025December 20, 2025

A Palestinian looks over an area of buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations at sunset in northern Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

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Holy Land’s top Catholic leader visits Gaza parish, greeted by children in Santa hats and keffiyeh

by Associated Press December 20, 2025

A Palestinian vendor displays sardines for sale on a street of a local market in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

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Spread of famine in Gaza Strip averted, Cardinal visits only Catholic church

by Sam Mednick and Associated Press December 19, 2025

Actress Patricia Heaton receiving an award in Boca Raton’s B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, Florida on Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Magen David Adom.)

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Catholic actress Patricia Heaton receives award for her support of Israel

by Charles Collins December 17, 2025

A fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" adorns the wall of a 3rd-century tomb in Hisardere, where archaeologists uncovered one of Anatolia's best-preserved early Christian artworks, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Credit: Khalil Hamra/AP.)

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Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

by Mehmet Guzel, Andrew Wilks and Associated Press December 13, 2025

The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation site where, according to the institution, a city wall from the Hasmonean period, dating to the late 2nd century BCE, was uncovered under the Tower of David Citadel Museum, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

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Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era

by Melanie Lidman and Associated Press December 10, 2025

Palestinians take part in a Christmas tree–lighting event in Manger Square, next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Jesus Christ ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

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Christmas celebrations return to Bethlehem after 2 years of war in Gaza

by Megan Janetsky and Associated Press December 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope in Lebanon

Pope prays at site of 2020 Beirut port explosion

by Nicole Winfield, AP, Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press December 2, 2025

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