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Herman: Sights and lessons in the Holy Land

The wonderful thing about world travel is how it can open your eyes to how, despite the differences that make this world so troubled, there are some things that unite much of personkind. I recently en... read more

Pope in Bari: ‘Hope Has the Face of Children’

The Holy Land or the shrines of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and the other holy places in the region ... Let us not forget the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Let us not turn the Middle Ea... read more

Desert wanderings were a warning

Some of the places of ... we are”. The lesson to be learned from our parasha is inescapable. The wanderings and innumerable unpleasant, and even terminal experiences of the desert prepared the Jewish ... read more

Pope Francis denounces ‘murderous indifference’ to Middle East woes

This is always the case whenever we return to our origins and go as pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Holy Land or the shrines of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and the other holy places in the ... Le... read more

Polk pastors, congregation members visit Holy Land for Holy Week

The traveling group spent Palm Sunday and the Holy Week visiting sites familiar ... at being in the Holy Land. He talked of treading on the southern steps of the Temple Mount, where Jesus is believed ... read more

Encountering the Lord’s Mercy in the Footsteps of John the Baptist

Matthew 11:11 AMMAN, Jordan — The Kingdom of Jordan, the East Bank of the Holy Land, has the meaning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy — “Merciful Like the Father” — written all over the holy places and .. ... read more

Herman and Katherine Luebbert

Despite a lifetime of globetrotting, Katherine felt her trip to Israel and tour of the Holy Land was her most memorable and ... in the Almighty helped him bear these sorrows. Herman and Katherine Lueb... read more

Rick Steves wants you to travel outside your comfort zone

Sharing the lessons I learned from travels in places like Cuba and Iran and Palestine and Russia ... “It saddens me that so many people go to the Holy Land, trying to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, a... read more

Catholics and Jews must unite against terrorism, says Pope during synagogue visit

The Pontiff discussed violence in the Middle East during a speech at Rome's main synagogue Pope Francis has called on Catholics and Jews to pray for “peace and reconciliation” in the Holy Land and all ... read more

The mixed prayer section at the Wall is an archaeological disaster

Netanyahu seems to be using the expansion of the non-orthodox section of the Kotel as an excuse to cover Jewish archaeological sites, one of the Waqf’s ... of the grandest palaces ever built in the Ho... read more

Hope Has the Face of Children

The Holy Land or the shrines of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and the other holy places in the region ... Let us not forget the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Let us not turn the Middle Ea... read more

Confessions of a Crusader

The Crusades were not wars fought to force Arabs to become Christians; they were wars fought to allow Christians to be Christians in the Holy Land, and for Christians to be able to travel freely on pi... read more