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'A beacon of tolerance': Holy Fire ceremony marked in Jerusalem's Old City
Jerusalem's Municipality had worked with the Tourism and Interior Ministries to prepare for the event, with Mayor Moshe Lion extending his blessing to the Jerusalem Christian community.
Syria’s minorities question German, British silence on sectarian violence during Sharaa’s visit
When faith meets security: Understanding the Palm Sunday incident amid the Iran war - editorial
Gunmen kill at least 30 in attack on university community in Nigeria's Plateau state
Nigerian government secures release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren, Channels TV says
The Christian Association of Nigeria has said 303 children and 12 school staff were kidnapped on November 21 by gunmen at St. Mary's Catholic boarding school.
American unity with Israel is more than just politics - opinion
How the US-Israel bond drives regional peace and long-term American interests in the Middle East.
Christmas returns to Bethlehem after two years of silent nights
As Christmas returns to the city where it began, Bethlehem moves to reconstruct its tourism industry.
Israeli Druze doctor builds secret medical lifeline for besieged Sweida - exclusive
MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: The Israeli Druze physician who organized the smuggling of medical supplies from Damascus to Sweida amid a massacre.
‘Thank God, thank the soldiers’: Former hostages move Christian leaders at Nova site
Largest Christian delegation ever to visit Israel opens FOZ Ambassadors Summit at massacre scene and Mount Herzl
Pope Leo scraps Francis’s Vatican fundraising panel amid budget shift
Pope Leo has dissolved the Vatican's fundraising panel, created in Francis’s final months, and ordered a review of future efforts.
500-year-old Bible map inadvertently shaped modern ideas of national borders, study asserts
Study author, University of Cambridge Professor Nathan MacDonald, described this map's inclusion as "simultaneously one of publishing’s greatest failures and triumphs.”
Pope Leo XIV lands in Beirut during first Middle East visit
Pope Leo XIV begins a three-day visit to Lebanon, meeting leaders, touring five cities, and honoring victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion.
Maronite Patriarch: Hezbollah needs to 'free itself from Iran, disarm,' denounces Israeli strikes
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi urged Hezbollah to break from Iran and give its weapons to the Lebanese Army, calling diplomacy the only path to avoid another war.
Hezbollah welcomes Pope to Lebanon as Islamist groups stress ties between ‘two Abrahamic faiths'
Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, but was not welcomed by the head of Turkey's state-run religious organization despite earlier plans.
