2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1040+ words) JERUSALEM — The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist — me — were locked for the night inside one of Christianity's holiest sites in Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (474+ words) SAN MARINO — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday hailed the tiny Republic of San Marino as a model of political freedom and civic responsibility, praising its centuries-old republican traditions while warning against political and economic systems that place power above the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1061+ words) MOUNT TABOR, Israel — Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem's Old City — but she's now accompanied by a Jewish volunteer for protection. Many Christians…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (579+ words) BAGHDAD — Millions of Shiite Muslims observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage Tuesday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, under the shadow of ongoing regional tensions and fears of another round of escalation in the U.S.-Iran war. Arbaeen is held…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (774+ words) ALFONSO, Philippines — The House of the Virgin Mary is a shrine located in Ephesus, Turkey, where the mother of Jesus is believed to have spent her final years. Thousands of miles away, nestled in a field outside Manila, a replica…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (271+ words) BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Volunteers and mechanics are working against time at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport after a powerful storm tore through the area last night, ripping away a section of a local ministry’s hangar roof and leaving the facility with a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1000+ words) LAMPEDUSA, Sicily — Pope Leo XIV, who has sparred with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown, spent the Fourth of July on Saturday in the epicenter of Europe's migration debate to honor the tens of thousands of people who have…...