In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices – some are so rare, they’re done only once a year. Beginning Palm Sunday – March 28 ...

She described how religious tourists to Jerusalem reenacted the events of Holy Week. On Palm Sunday afternoon, the crowds waved palm fronds as they made a procession from the Mount of Olives into ...

Skeptics consider the relic, allegedly used to dab Jesus' sweat and blood, a fraud invented during the Crusader period.

By now you’ve probably heard about Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff and the 267th head of the Roman Catholic Church. A dual-national, he’s also the first Peruvian citizen to serve as pope ...

The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, used a “makeshift flamethrower” in his attack on supporters of Israeli hostages, the ...

It was the collision of Israel’s past with its present and future. The offerings may have been meager. The dairy dishes ...

Sunday afternoon's attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot.

Jewish studies class: with Rabbi David Kominsky, presented by Gan HaLev, at 6:15 p.m. in person at San Geronimo Valley ...

The ESPN staple "Around the Horn" is airing its final episode on May 23. It's the ending of an era as the show transformed sports television.

Pato O'Ward seeks peace and quiet as a self-proclaimed introvert. You wouldn't know it from how he's built his superstar fandom.

However, the crucifix tells only about half the story. The cross with Christ still on it falls short of what really is the ...

Putin visits battle-scarred Kursk and Ukrainian ex-MP shot dead on school run - UK and EU announce new wave of sanctions, with British measures alone affecting 100 entities and individuals ...