Drew Christiansen

At the Holy Sepulchre, a true triumph of ecumenical diplomacy.

The pope understands well that the family can be “a matrix of tragedy.”

Beneath the Latin Church complex or ldquo convent rdquo in the village of Smakieh Jordan may be found a set of caverns unearthed by Francisan archeologists in the early twentieth century nbsp The underground chambers date back to the Stone Age but what makes them memorable are the small red cr

During his lifetime and especially since the posthumous publication of his writings the late Jesuit paleontologist and spiritual writer Pierre Teilhard de Chardin did as much to renew the faith of 20th-century Catholics and inspire non-believers as any single Catholic figure with the possible excep

As Pope Francis rests up for his three-day trip to the Holy Land Jewish extremists are putting out the word that Christians are not welcome in Israel There have been fourteen incidents of ldquo price-tagging rdquo that is defacing Christian sites with hate slogans in the last year seven in th

On April 2 the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land issued a historic communiqu asking ldquo Are Christians being persecuted in the Mideast rdquo The bishops answer lsquo Yes but rsquo because the question ignores the persecution of Muslims as well as Christians See below