Church

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.
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.

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

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

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

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.

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


'Lost and Found': Mystery monkey figurine found under medieval St. Mary's Church in Germany

In Christian medieval iconography, monkeys are often associated with human vices, particularly lust, laziness, and pride, and are frequently depicted in satirical scenes imitating human activities.

 'Lost and Found': Mystery monkey figurine found under medieval St. Mary's Church in Germany.

Mosul's historic churches rise again after IS destruction

"It's as if history is back, as if the identity of the city is back," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.

 ISIS training center in Christian church, Iraq.

700-year-old Italian fresco reveals medieval church's use of Islamic tents

The fresco is thought to be the only surviving depiction of an Islamic tent in a medieval church.

 Dr Federica Gigante examining the fresco in the Church of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara, Italy.

Historic first: Psychologist nun Simona Brambilla appointed as Vatican's first female prefect

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions within the Church.

 Historic first: Psychologist nun Simona Brambilla appointed as Vatican's first female prefect. Illustration.

Conservators uncover hidden 18th-century painted angels at Boston's Old North Church

The painted angels, which have childlike faces and wings, were a distinctive feature of the Old North Church when they were completed around 1730.

 Conservators uncover hidden 18th-century painted angels at Boston's Old North Church.

Syrian Christians attend Christmas mass for first time since fall of Assad

Christians in Syria remain unconvinced by HTS's al-Julani's assurances of safety and religious freedom.

 Christians attend a Christmas mass at the Lady of Damascus church, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 24, 2024.

Knidos to reopen its ancient Great Church

Knidos was home to notable figures such as Eudoxus, an esteemed astronomer, Sostratus, the architect behind the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria.

 Marble sculpture of the lion of Knidos at the British museum in London.

Pope meets Palestinian president to discuss Gaza's 'very serious' needs

Abbas said in a statement that he thanked the pope "for his positions in support of achieving a just peace in Palestine based on the two-state solution."

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Pope Francis at the Vatican, December 12, 2024.

Just in time for Christmas? Sarcophagus possibly belonging to Saint Nicholas discovered in Turkey

Archaeologists assume the sarcophagus was covered by a layer of gravel and sand brought by a flood or tsunami.

 Church of Saint Nicholas, Myra.

Ninja pastor takes down axe-wielding church burglar

On Thanksgiving morning, Pastor Nick Neves of First Family Church in Antioch, California, confronted a burglar who had broken into the church using an axe.

 Ninja priest. Illustration.