Holy — a word of many meanings and uses: holy day, holy war, holy Bible, holy ground and holy cow (humorous). A synonym commonly used is sacred. People often journey to holy places to learn, to be ...

Multifaith initiative celebrates sacred sites significant to multiple world religions, culminating in Temple Mount, the Great Mosque of Mecca and Mount Sinai "Selecting only 100 of the most holy ...

Today, we celebrate the oldest and first-ranked of Rome's four great basilicas. St. John was surnamed "Lateran" because it stands on the site of the palace of the family of the Laterani. During his ...

For vacationing Catholics away on a Sunday, mapping out the closest Mass is important. And on a weekday, maybe you want to attend a daily Mass or simply want to see what the local church has to offer.

Remarkably for a species that lived successfully as nomads for so many thousands of years, humans have a strong propensity for designating areas of sacred ground, from St. Peter's in Rome to the ...

When Father Brian Gannon became pastor of St. Theresa Church in Trumbull, Connecticut, the parish’s former convent had been turned into office space and meeting rooms. The sisters’ chapel remained ...

On Good Friday 15 April 1949, His Holiness Pius XII addressed to all Archbishops and Bishops of the Catholic world an Encyclical Letter on the subject of the Holy Places of Palestine. The full text is ...

A religious vocation to serve in the Holy Land is demanding, but there is nothing like walking where Christ walked to strengthen the life of a Christian, the Franciscans of the Holy Land maintain. Fr.

A spark for Israel's current violence is access to al-Aqsa Mosque. A look at failed efforts to share sacred places across the Holy Land shows why neither side trusts the other to keep promises. We are ...

Still recovering from bilateral pneumonia that hospitalized him for nearly 40 days, Pope Francis made a surprise appearance in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Jubilee of the Sick, sharing ...