Israeli authorities closed Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher as part of wider closures for security concerns, beginning Feb. 28, when Israel and the United States launched attacks against Iran.

Following a widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked “relevant authorities” to allow Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, to hold services at ...

For the first time in centuries, senior Catholic leaders were prevented from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, one of the most sacred days in the Christian calendar, ...

Italian Catholic priest Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa will be allowed to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after Israeli authorities earlier in the day prevented him from entering the church ...

Jerusalem’s famous Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built on the place of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus, will shun traditional Holy Week rituals ahead of Easter due to ongoing conflict in the ...