The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said it was "the first time in centuries" that heads of the church were unable to ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of the Holy Sepulchre following the pontiff's passing ...

The Israeli PM says Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa had been asked not to enter the church over concerns about Iranian ...

World leaders have voiced concern after Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday.

Catholic officials in Jerusalem said Monday that prayer arrangements for Holy Week and Easter have been resolved with Israeli authorities, ending a spat over the issue as police sought to implement ...

During Holy Week, Israeli police barred Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a ...

The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Church leaders in Jerusalem shut the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday in protest at a new Israeli tax policy and a proposed land expropriation law which they called an ...