Podwale Street, Jewish Quarter, Lublin, Poland in 1924 (J. Bulhak/Eingescannt aus:Marta Denys, Dariusz Kopciowski, Agnieszka ...

The Catholic office overseeing the Gaza church with which the late Pope Francis communicated daily has shared with Newsweek a message following the selection of a new pontiff in the midst of the ...

IF JERUSALEM is to remain, as many see it, the beating heart of Christianity, then it needs its lifeblood: its Christian ...

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...

Direct talks with Hamas, confused dealings with Iran, an unworkable vision for Gaza and now an agreement with the Houthis, ...

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. He moves ...

When the Foundation Stone sees the Kaab’a approaching, it shall cry out, “Peace be to the great guest”. (Zev Vilnay, Legends of Jerusalem) The Muslim Kaab’a in Mecca was a very ancient ruined holy ...

Alexander the Great and Cyrus the Great both share the role of featuring in important Jewish prophecies. What exactly do ...

A top archaeology journal now bars Israelis from publishing on Judea and Samaria unless they work with Palestinian ...

From Palaeolithic cave paintings to cruciform churches and Sydney’s Kings Cross, this deceptively primitive intersection of two lines has enduring symbolic power.

The blazes were concentrated on the city’s outskirts and firefighting efforts are ongoing, authorities said. At least nine ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and ...