The central bureau of statistics in Jerusalem reported there were 4.5 million tourists who traveled to Israel in the year 2019. Considering the total population of Israel is 9 million people and the ...

When we think of the Passion of our Lord or make the Stations of the Cross, one image that should come into our mind’s eye is the Sixth Station — St. Veronica wiping the face of Jesus to comfort him.

Archaeologists and scientists are converging on one of Christianity’s most contested questions: what really happened to Jesus ...

Visitors to Rome this Easter can have a once-in-a-lifetime experience: climbing the original stairs that Jesus is said to have walked on while on his way up to be judged by Pontius Pilate before his ...

Just in time for Holy Week, a holy staircase believed to be "stained with Christ's blood" from the crucifixion is open to Christian pilgrims after 300 years of being closed off. The 28 steps of Rome's ...

Every Jan. 3, the Church celebrates the Most Holy Name of Jesus. “This is that most holy name longed for by the patriarchs, anxiously awaited, called upon amid cries of suffering, invoked with sighs, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's a view that very few get to see: the sights of Raleigh from the deck of the bell tower at the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral. After climbing up nearly 90 steep steps, the ...

It was the Holy Spirit who directed Bill O'Reilly to write his latest book, "Killing Jesus," he tells Norah O'Donnell in his first interview about the upcoming work. Though the book is not religious ...

Mairead Maguire advises those who have doubts about the nonviolence of Jesus to spend a quiet afternoon in their local church looking up at a large crucifix. Steady meditation on Christ’s passion and ...

It takes a village to raise a child. That's a subtle, unspoken assumption in Luke's account of the first time Jesus entered the temple. As Luke tells his story, he depicts Joseph, Mary and all of ...