Church

'Wealthy religous center': Mosaics, ancient Byzantine church discovered at Nitzana National Park

Dated to the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (fifth to seventh century CE), the church is the sixth to be discovered at the site.

THE SITE of a 1,400 year old church at Nitzana National Park.
POPE LEO XIV puts ash on a faithful's head during the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome, Italy, February 18, 2026.

'A world that is ablaze': Pope Leo laments war, environmental destruction, in Ash Wednesday service

MARJORIE TAYLOR Greene meets with Bethlehem Mayor Maher Canawati, February 15, 2026.

Marjorie Taylor Greene meets with Bethlehem mayor, decries alleged 'Christian prosecution'

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system


A church was targeted in name of justice. Jews know where that leads - opinion

Since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of White police touched off a national firestorm in 2020, Minneapolis-St. Paul has become the symbol of a larger culture war.

Law enforcement officials stand guard, in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 17, 2026.

A desecration: A church inside Birkenau is a violation of Holocaust memory - opinion

To honor the victims of Auschwitz, we cannot allow a church to stand where over a million Jews were killed.

A CROSS is seen in the German death camp Auschwitz II Birkenau.

NJ church deletes video of antisemitic pageant, says critics took it ‘out of context'

St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s pageant, known as a vertep, featured an antagonist named Moshko who danced with the devil while wearing faux Hasidic garb.

A Ukrainian church in Connecticut advertised its 2026 Christmas vertep using a poster featuring a Jewish caricature that has drawn criticism as antisemitic.

More than 600 churches worldwide stand with Israel ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Eagles’ Wings’ “Solidarity Sunday” sends a global message against Antisemitism with a public act of solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people

Encouraging Christian communities to reflect. The main Solidarity Sunday event in Buffalo, New York.

Patriarchs’ statement on Christian Zionism lacked pastoral care - opinon

Church leaders’ January 17 message prioritizes jurisdiction and control over empathy, dialogue, and guidance for local believers.

Armenian Orthodox worshippers arrive at the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to celebrate Christmas and Epiphany, January 18, 2026

Federal agents arrested two Minessota civil rights activists over church protest

In a speech in Ohio, Vice President JD Vance said Bondi had told him the "ringleader" of the church protest had been arrested.

US Vice President JD Vance is greeted upon arrival on Air Force Two at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US, January 22, 2026.

Huckabee says no single church 'speaks for Christians worldwide' in Holy Land dispute

Huckabee's post followed a January 17 statement by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, published on the Jerusalem Patriarchate’s website.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, September 10, 2025.

Ukrainian Christmas tradition depiction of Jews draws criticism after New Jersey pageant

The Christmas pageant, performed on Sunday in New Jersey, also included a Hasidic Jewish caricature, carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the devil.

Participants of nativity scene, Vertep in Ukraine, adjust their costumes before performing in the subway in Kyiv on December 24, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Shooting at Salt Lake City church leaves two dead, six injured

A shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah, at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints venue left two people dead and several wounded.

Salt Lake City where a shooting at a Mormon Church leaves two dead.

Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to address Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast's Mar-a-Lago event

Veksler said Pahlavi’s presence “creates hope that there will be regime change. … Wouldn’t it be something of a relief, not just for us, but for the Iranian people?”

Okotch Mondoh, Robert Weinger, Sarah Boulos, Rory Kaye, and Stephanie Bahn Poteet, with a red, white and blue shofar, at the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, January 14, 2025.