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How Bethlehem’s Christian mayor is restoring the city
January 08, 2018
From unemployment to decaying buildings, the city of Christ’s birth is in need of regeneration. Enter a new Christian mayor – and Banksy
Restoring Bethlehem
December 21, 2017
Last Christmas in Jerusalem it was hard to buy a Christmas pudding or see a decorated fir tree in the Western half of the city. It’s the same this year. Interestingly, this December marks the first century of non-Muslim rule in Jerusalem since the Crusades when the Ottomans surrendered to British troops. Today, visitors find
Religious art that wasn’t supposed to exist
September 15, 2017
Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of church history at Oxford University, thinks that the Second Commandment has always posed a problem for Christians and Jews. “This commandment has often been ignored, not just in Christian art, but also in Jewish art,” he says. We were discussing the upcoming exhibition Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise
Religious art that wasn’t supposed to exist
September 14, 2017
Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of church history at Oxford University, thinks that the Second Commandment has always posed a problem for Christians and Jews. “This commandment has often been ignored, not just in Christian art, but also in Jewish art,” he says. We were discussing the upcoming exhibition Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise
Tunnels beneath the Holy City
January 12, 2017
A secret world is opening up beneath the twisting flagstone alleys of Jerusalem. Underground Jerusalem. This network of wide tunnels and narrow passages, the result of decades of archaeological digging, has allowed pilgrims visiting the Old City to descend into a parallel universe. They can now also walk on a wide Roman road on the
A tale of three Christmases
December 22, 2016
In the birthplace of Christianity, the different calendars used by churches mean that Christmas comes more than once a year
A tale of three Christmases
December 22, 2016
This year, for the first time in the history of the state of Israel, Christmas Day will be a public holiday. This is not the result of a sudden concession by the Israeli government to its Christian population or to honour Jerusalem as the birthplace of Christianity. It is simply because Christmas overlaps with an
A glimpse inside Christ’s burial place
November 23, 2016
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
A glimpse inside Christ’s burial place
November 10, 2016
Last week, for the first time in its history of nearly 2,000 years, the tomb (sepulchre) of Jesus was examined by archaeologists and conservationists. Never before has it been subject to scientific scrutiny. These men of science, accompanied by a group of selected priests and monks, were surprised by what they saw. Despite centuries of
Annulment chaos in the Holy Land
October 12, 2016
Many Arab Christians wanting to divorce resort to converting to another religion
Annulment chaos in the Holy Land
September 22, 2016
Pope Francis has insisted that his annulment reforms are not a subversion of the Church’s teaching against divorce. But in the Middle East annulments are divorces both in intent and in effect. Indeed, as no states in the Middle East and North Africa, apart from Turkey and Tunisia, have civil marriage and divorce laws, annulments
‘Why can’t we choose our own Patriarch?’
June 30, 2016
The Pope has appointed Franciscans to two of the most prestigious posts in the Holy Land. Neither speaks Arabic, so what's going on?
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