France owns four heritage sites in Jerusalem, under a treaty known as the Fischer-Chauvel agreement, in addition to other ...

On Saturday, Israeli police clashed with Palestinian Christians during the Holy Saturday observances at the Church of the Holy ... in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, cuts an unmistakable figure in the dark corridors of the ancient, stone patriarchate in this troubled corner of the world.

Cardinal Pizzaballa’s reverence for traditional elements of church practice has made him palatable to some conservatives. But after spending decades in the Middle East, he is something of a wild ...

The school is one of six across east Jerusalem run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees called UNRWA. Israeli soldiers in riot gear showed up at the schools last month and ordered ...

On Wednesday, Lonzi and his fellow priests were among the several hundred people who gathered at the Church of the Holy ... City’s Christian Quarter in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured ...

The Palestinians want east Jerusalem to be the capital of their future state. Christian pilgrims light candles during the Holy Fire ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where ...

"Unrwa has operated in East Jerusalem under its UN General Assembly mandate since 1950. Israel is obliged under international humanitarian law to facilitate the proper working of all institutions ...