Posts Tagged: Easter
Pope Francis Greets Cheering Easter Crowds from Popemobile as He Recovers from Pneumonia
Pope Francis entered St. Peter's Square on Sunday in an open-air popemobile for the first time since surviving double pneumonia, greeting tens of thousands of...
New York Times Imposes Its Own Anti-Israel Tilt on Pope’s Easter Message
Pope Francis on Sunday delivered his Easter message. He talked about abortion. He talked about migrants of the sort that are crossing the southern border...
Lebanon’s Precarious Sectarian Balance Tipping Amid Hezbollah-Israeli War
As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel...
Easter Chants Echo in Ancient Cistern Near Birthplace of Christianity
A few steps from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a small opening leads to an underground cistern where clerics have found the perfect place...
Israel Is ‘Preserving the Status Quo’ at Jerusalem’s Holy Site
i24 News – Israel emphasized earlier this week a long-standing ban on Jewish prayer at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound, rejecting an Arab League accusation that...
Seek Post-COVID Renewal, Holy Land Archbishop Urges on Easter Sunday
With Jerusalem emerging from COVID-19 curbs and the faithful flocking there again, Easter Sunday brought a message of renewal from the traditional site of Jesus'...
Holy Sepulchre Church Opens on Palm Sunday as Latin Patriarch Says ‘We Feel More Hopeful’
In scenes very different from last year, Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre was open to the public on Palm Sunday, allowing Christians to attend...
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to Spend Easter in Israel
Mitch Daniels, the Governor of Indiana, is currently in Israel as part of an eight-day trip that began on Tuesday. Jane Jankowski, Daniels' press secretary, described...
Marc Chagall’s Gift: “White Crucifixion”
The scheduling of Passover and Easter at close to the same moment on the calendar can remind Jews of the historic entanglement of the...
