The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

Ahead of the 'Jordan: Dawn of Christianity' exhibition in the Vatican, Father Rifat Badar, a Jordanian priest with the Latin ...

The custos serves as a unique provincial minister within the Franciscan order, leading a community of friars while also being ...

Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian, has ...

Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Here’s what medieval people believed would keep them healthy.

A group of Christian leaders visiting the Holy Land say they “hope that a fragile ceasefire agreement” between Israel and ...

New tour itineraries for 2025 include St Paul in northern Greece, taking in Philippi and Thessalonica. Corinth is another group option. Other western Europe destinations include Turkey (Izmir and ...

A lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.' 2 Peter 1:19We came to the Holy Land, this Jubilee Year, as pilgrims of hope. We came in hope that a ...

Luce carries symbols that have been associated with pilgrimage in Europe since the 12th century, particularly with the shrine ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has invited Christians to return to the Holy Land on ...

A shopkeeper waits for tourists Nov. 10, 2023, as other souvenir shops are closed in Jerusalem's Old City amid the ...