The large wooden doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre look more like a dam holding back a flood of pilgrims seeking to glimpse the spot where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried ...

Church authorities signaled they would continue engaging with officials about access during Holy Week observances.

JERUSALEM (AP) — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles, ...

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

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 ...

Archaeologists excavating beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City have uncovered evidence of an ancient garden. The findings, revealed through a landmark excavation conducted ...

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 ...

Jerusalem’s famous Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built on the place of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus, will shun traditional Holy Week rituals ahead of Easter due to ongoing conflict in the ...

The Holy Fire descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday. The ceremony traditionally takes place at the place where, according to Christian belief, Jesus Christ was ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians prayed together Sunday inside the Jerusalem church that symbolizes their divisions, calling their historic ...

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