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  • In Jordan, patriarch reaffirms baptismal site, church’s work with refugees

    In Jordan, patriarch reaffirms baptismal site, church’s work with refugees

    • Jan 21, 2021

    Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s recognition of the official baptism site of Jesus in Jordan and said a new chapel on the opposite side of the river is purely touristic, not historic.

    By Dale Gavlak
  • Bishops: Despite meeting online, they can show solidarity with Holy Land

    Bishops: Despite meeting online, they can show solidarity with Holy Land

    • Jan 20, 2021

    Bishops from three continents met virtually with Catholics in the Holy Land this year and, despite not being able to meet face-to-face, said remote discussions have still allowed them to listen to local Christians and demonstrate their solidarity.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
  • With land mines gone, Mass to be celebrated at West Bank baptismal site

    With land mines gone, Mass to be celebrated at West Bank baptismal site

    • Jan 5, 2021

    For the first time in 54 years, a Mass will be celebrated Jan. 10, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, at St. John the Baptist Chapel on the banks of the Jordan River.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
  • Around the world, Church celebrates a Christmas like no other

    Around the world, Church celebrates a Christmas like no other

    • Dec 27, 2020

    ROSARIO, Argentina — When history books look back on how the Catholic Church experienced Christmas 2020, no matter where that history is written, inevitably the COVID-19 pandemic will loom large. In Rome and around the world, bishops and other Catholic leaders called for vaccines to be made available to poor

    By Inés San Martín
  • Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in Bethlehem and elsewhere

    Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in Bethlehem and elsewhere

    • Dec 26, 2020

    Bethlehem on Thursday ushered in Christmas Eve with a stream of joyous marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, but few people were there to greet them as the coronavirus pandemic and a strict lockdown dampened celebrations in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

    By Josef Federman and Jalal Hassan
  • Jewish ritual bath dating to time of Jesus found in Garden of Gethsemane

    Jewish ritual bath dating to time of Jesus found in Garden of Gethsemane

    • Dec 23, 2020

    A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been uncovered on the Mount of Olives at the site tradition says is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus experienced the Agony in the Garden before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion.

    By Charles Collins
  • Holy Land preps for scaled-down Christmas amid COVID-19

    Holy Land preps for scaled-down Christmas amid COVID-19

    • Dec 16, 2020

    Like much of the rest of the world, the Holy Land – the place of Jesus’s birth, ministry and death – has felt the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic, and as a result, will be celebrating Christmas differently this year.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Palestinian Catholic brings ‘miracle of Santa’ to Jerusalem’s Old City

    Palestinian Catholic brings ‘miracle of Santa’ to Jerusalem’s Old City

    • Dec 9, 2020

    For three years, Palestinian Catholic and well-known former basketball player Issa Kassissieh has been dressing up as the Jerusalem Santa and decorating his family’s traditional 14th-century home at the junction of St. Peter Street and Latin Patriarchate Road.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
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