WASHINGTON (7News) — The Archbishop of Washington on Friday issued a rare decree, offering thousands of Catholics in D.C. and much of it's Maryland suburbs an optional exemption from Saturday and ...

The pontiff’s Easter remarks follow a Palm Sunday homily in which he said God rejected the prayers of “those who wage war.” By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City With war in the Middle ...

Israeli police stopped the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, citing war safety regulations. Israeli police stopped the Catholic Church ...

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), both staunch supporters of Israel, joined world leaders on Sunday in criticizing the Israeli police for prohibiting the Latin ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God rejects war and won’t listen to prayers of those who invoke faith to justify ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the first time in centuries, Israeli authorities blocked Roman Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday ...

Rome — Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God doesn’t listen to the prayers of those who make war or cite God to justify their violence, as he prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a ...

World leaders have voiced concern after Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday. Subscribe ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's ...

JERUSALEM, March 29 (Reuters) - Israel blocked Jerusalem's Catholic cardinal from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sparking an international outcry that led Prime Minister ...