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Killings related to land disputes in Brazil doubled in 2025, church organization reports

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Palestinian parishioners check a recently installed Christmas tree after the previous one was destroyed at the Holy Redeemer Latin Church in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

Dec 25, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

Dec 25, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

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

Christmas spirit returns to Bethlehem after ceasefire in Gaza

Dec 20, 2025
Jalal Bwaitel,
Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

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.)

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

Dec 8, 2025
Megan Janetsky,
Associated Press

Smoke rises from scorched cars in a scrapyard that was set ablaze the night before by who local residents alleged were Israeli settlers in the town of Huwara near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

Nov 22, 2025
Julia Frankel,
Associated Press

People mourn at the grave of Hadar Goldin an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 and whose body had been held there until it was released Sunday, during his funeral in Kfar Saba, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Abir Sultan/Pool via AP.)

Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end

Nov 13, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Julia Frankel, Associated Press

‘My heart is in Gaza, my heart is with you,’ Pope Leo tells Bethlehem mayor

Sep 25, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

Ma'ale Adumim municipality in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British bishops condemn Israeli plan to expand settlement in West Bank

Aug 23, 2025
Charles Collins

Taybeh, a town in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christian leaders condemn violence by Israeli settlers on West Bank town

Jul 14, 2025
Crux Now Staff

Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan. 21, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

Bishops say Israel-Gaza peace agreement give an ‘uncertain road’ to recovery

Jan 24, 2025
Charles Collins

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