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Catholic leaders urge Israel to meet Palestinian hunger strikers’ demands
The prisoners are seeking an improvement in their prison conditions and an end to administrative detention
Church leaders: Restoration of Jesus’s tomb signals new cooperation
The Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre underwent a major renovation after it was deemed unsafe
Historic church in Israel reopens two years after arson attack
The attack on the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish has been blamed on Jewish extremists
Latin Patriarchate says new Israeli settlement law ‘further eliminates hopes of peace’
Holy Land Church warns of ‘serious consequences’ of law passed by Israeli Knesset this week
Bishops visiting Holy Land: Christians must oppose Israeli settlements
Bishops from the US, Canada and Europe said the ‘de facto annexation’ undermined the rights of Palestinians
Priest jailed for smuggling arms to Palestinian militants dies aged 94
Monsignor Hilarion Capucci had a history of activism linked to Middle East conflicts
Pope Francis wishes Christmas peace to those scarred by war
In his Urbi et Orbi blessing, the Pope called for an end to the fighting in Syria and other war-torn countries
Catholic leaders in Holy Land pray for those hit by wildfires
Most of the fires were under control by November 28, security officials said
A glimpse inside Christ’s burial place
For the first time in almost 2,000 years, scientists have examined Jesus’s tomb; what they have found underlines the truth of the Gospels
