Thousands of Muslim worshipers streamed through the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount before dawn Thursday, the first time public prayer has been held at the site for over a month due to the ...

Jerusalem was “our city, a city from us.” He grounded that claim in history rather than contemporary sovereignty, invoking ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Worshippers were able to pray again at Jerusalem's holy sites Thursday after Israel lifted restrictions it imposed on large public gatherings throughout the war with Iran nearly six ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — I discovered first-hand what it’s like to be surrounded by the eerie silence of Christmas at Christianity’s holiest sites during the Mideast war. I set out earlier this month to ...

Sacred sites around the world face an uncomfortable paradox. The very tourism that brings awareness and economic support also contributes to their degradation. Every year, millions of visitors arrive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wad Khalafalla had never planned on visiting Saudi Arabia, but at some point she started to feel like she was being drawn there.

Israel’s High Court on Friday agreed to exempt funding for the Religious Services Ministry from a temporary order freezing budget transfers, following warnings that a lack of funding could force the ...

Pope Francis received assurances from Jordan's King Abdullah II that Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem will be protected amid the Israel-Hamas war. The pope met with the king of Jordan — ...

Patheos has just completed a feature on The 100 Most Holy Places on Earth. It’s an interesting list – check it out if you’re interested in such things. It’s a click-through feature but at least it’s a ...

Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after restrictions were lifted ...