Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service

JERUSALEM — Calling U.S. President Donald Trump’s Peace-to-Prosperity plan a “unilateral initiative,” church leaders in the Holy Land said it did not give “dignity...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Krystyna Linden does not remember much about the first five years of her life, which she spent in a tiny...

For Ashraf Jaraysa, 53, handcrafting olive wood handicrafts is a way of life. A fourth-generation artisan, Jaraysa began working with his father in the family's...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Brothers Peter and Eli Hosh grew up knowing that their hometown was not only the place where they went to...

JERUSALEM — The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land condemned vandalism attacks in two Arab villages and called on Israeli authorities to...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- What was meant to be one of the happiest of occasions for the Zoughbi family became a nightmare because of...

MA’ALUL VILLAGE REMAINS, Israel — The destroyed Arab village of Ma’alul, located just outside of Nazareth, does not appear on any Israeli map, but...

TEL AVIV, Israel (CNS) -- For foreign workers and other nonlocal Christians living in Israel, celebrating Christmas far from loved ones in a country...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — God gives everyone a mission, Diana George Babish said as she fielded a phone call about a dog who had...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- God gives everyone a mission, Diana George Babish said as she fielded a phone call about a dog who had...