The large, long palm branches were common in the Holy Land, Jobe said. In the ancient times, they symbolized goodness and victory. "It wasn't something unique to Jesus," he told USA TODAY.

Catholic leaders in the Holy Land called on Christian pilgrims to return to the region following the implementation of the long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The delegation to the West Bank was led by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Greek Orthodox ...

Friar Francesco Patton, the outgoing Franciscan custos of the Holy Land, reflects on his nine years in office and proposed a ...

In 2023, I made a life-changing pilgrimage to the Holy Land with my order, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. I saw all the towns that Jesus ministered in, ...

The Byzantine Christian settlement has been discovered in Jordan, marked on the Madaba Mosaic Map, the oldest surviving ...

Israel markets itself as “the land of creation” — and for good reason. Israel is home to the Holy Land, to a plethora of beautiful landscapes, and certain traditions argue that the spot ...