Back at Holy Hill Basilica in Hubertus, Wis., the Carmelite priest is doing what others did for him when he was stranded in the war-torn Holy Land.

Discovered in a remote Ottoman town in 1884, the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East.

In the Holy Land, Franciscans Are Keeping Doors to Holy Sites Open — For Now The Franciscans are taking it day by day, continuing their service in the sanctuaries and welcoming the few remaining ...

The Muriel and Jeremy Josse Collection of Holy Land Maps, which consists of more than 250 maps of late 19th- and early 20th-century Palestine and the African continent, as well as one 16th-century map ...

A controversial exhibition on Holy Land maps and boundaries, both ancient and contemporary, was suspended in the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies’ museum less than a week after it opened.

The threat facing holy sites in the region is more intangible — a lack of financial support from international pilgrims.

“Ancient Maps and Views of the Holy Land” will be at the gallery on the campus of St. John’s College through Dec. 15. It should be seen, for the maps that told the pilgrims of old Europe ...

Amid the uncertainty of war, what is the outlook for the Holy Land’s many precious sites? CNA spoke to Father David Grenier, U.S. commissary of the Holy Land.