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3 days ago · The Pope had visited the Holy Land only a couple of months prior, where he had made a 24-26 May pilgrimage on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the meeting between Pope St. Paul VI and then-Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras in Jerusalem. Now, Pope Francis renews his appeal for peace in the Lord's homeland more than ever.
2 days ago · Canaan ( / ˈkeɪnən /; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – KNʿN; [1] Hebrew: כְּנַעַן – Kənáʿan, in pausa כְּנָעַן – Kənāʿan; Biblical Greek: Χανααν – Khanaan; [2] Arabic: كَنْعَانُ – Kan‘ān) was a Semitic -speaking civilization and region of the Southern Levant in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC.
9 hours ago · During Jesus' time on earth, he instituted the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and the Gift of the Holy Spirit through the anointing of the Holy Chrism oil. These are two eternal heavenly gifts to the Church. A reference to the Sacraments can be found in many readings of the New Testament; and in each Gospel: Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; and ...
May 5, 2024 · Marinella Bandini/CNA, February 2, 2024. On the day when the Church celebrates the World Day for Consecrated Life, CNA met with two Americans who followed God into religious life and now live out their vocations in the Holy Land.
9 hours ago · There is no doubt that through our sacred work, The Fellowship has not only helped provide safety and security to those living in Israel, we have also promoted the bonds of love and peace between all Jews, and with our Christian friends around the world. As my father, Fellowship Founder Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, of blessed memory, often quoted ...
5 days ago · Father Roger Landry, November 1, 2023 – National Catholic Register. For 75 years, the situation in the Holy Land has created various unresolved political and diplomatic problems. There are two peoples whose identities are firmly rooted in the same land, both of whom have endured great injustices and both of whom have also increased the ...
2 days ago · The crusades were religious wars that the Christian Latin church initiated, supported, and sometimes directed in the Middle Ages. The members of the church defined this movement in legal and theological terms that were based on the concepts of holy war and pilgrimage.
