The Catholic Church has designated the Holy Land as a special destination for Jubilee pilgrimages. The Jubilee Year 2025 was officially opened in Israel with an inaugural Mass at the Church of the ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in ... between Israel and the Hamas ...

Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in ...