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With Donald Trump back in the White House, the people of Israel's capital voice optimism, criticism, and biblical references.

With the return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, a new paradigm emerged that allowed for the integration of ...

Indeed, stories found only in St. Luke repeatedly suggest that it is outsiders who find Christ, those cast out from the crowd ...

THIS COMING SUNDAY is the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany and this particular year Easter coming so early means that Mardi Gras is just around the corner, followed immediately by Lent, starting with ...

But it’s not until I return to Jerusalem that they finally come into vivid focus. In the New Testament, the ancient city is the setting for many of his miracles and most dramatic moments ...

It started at an airport. Strolling through Mactan-Cebu International Airport last month, I noticed a bearded man in a top ...

Imagine this blessed scene, of an old man – barely able to hold himself upright due to his advanced years- fully attired in ...

Interestingly, there is a gap of about 300 years between the end of Old Testament and the beginning of New Testament in Scripture ... in a massive building project to renovate the Temple in Jerusalem.

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests ...

Palestinians will mark this year the 77th anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel. It's an event that is ...