One of the most visited sites in Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the holiest place on earth for Catholic and Orthodox Christians. This location is the site of Jesus' crucifixion, burial ...

An organization based in the Old City of Jerusalem aims to rebuild the Holy Temple, but some see the goal as radical and dangerous. JERUSALEM (JTA) – No praying. No kneeling. No bowing. No prostrating ...

Israeli policy bars Jews from praying on the Temple Mount, the Jerusalem hilltop sacred to Jews and Muslims. But some rabbis and right-wing... The Jewish Divide Over Jerusalem's Most Sensitive Holy ...

Palestinian medics said at least 14 people were wounded, one seriously, in the skirmishes with police at the site, which Muslims refer to as the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and Jews refer to as the Temple ...

“Like the prophets before him Jesus expressed the deepest respect for the Temple in Jerusalem.” (CCC 583) (photo: Salomon de Bray, “The Queen of Sheba Before the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem”, 1657) ...

Tisha B’Av – Judaism’s holy day of mourning for the ancient destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples in Jerusalem – was last Tuesday, and had special relevance for today’s conflict between ...

(RNS) — A group that advocates for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount reported that more than 10,000 Jewish worshippers had visited it between September and November in violation of an agreement ...

These days, Jerusalem has returned to the headlines in the Middle East because of the plan to build a pedestrian bridge to the “Mughrabi” Gate of the Temple Mount. Many bridges have been built in ...

The holiest day in the Jewish year is Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown Wednesday. The holiest place in the Jewish world is the Temple Mount, which is located in Jerusalem. The restriction on all ...

The Rev. Silas Patterson, who led a Jersey City church for 44 years, died at his Linden home on Sunday. He was 85. His wife, Jesse Mae Ruff, and his daughter, Joe Ann Wiley, said that Patterson was a ...