JERUSALEM – Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity’s most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of medieval masons paid to ...

Pope Benedict XVI hopes his planned visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall next month will be taken as a gesture of reconciliation in the long-troubled relationship between Judaism and the Catholic ...

The abbot was told that the cross worn at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City was "really big and inappropriate for this place." ...

What are the signs of death and resurrection in Jerusalem? There are inequities, pain and suffering that the Cross of Jesus embodies. But they all spring from a deeper emotion: fear.

An official asked Fr Nikodemus Schnabel, a Benedictine monk from the nearby Dormition Monastery, to remove his pectoral cross during a visit with Germany’s Education minister. Solidarity with ...

Crosses on the walls Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre have been thought to be graffiti. But new analysis finds they were carefully carved by artisans paid by pilgrims looking for salvation.

The Jerusalem Post reports that the rabbi in charge of the Western Wall has decreed that Pope Benedict XVI should not wear a cross when he visits the sacred site in May. (The wall, also known as ...

Hebrew graffiti, including the phrase "Jesus is a monkey," was daubed on the walls of a monastery near Jerusalem early Tuesday in what police suspect was a so-called 'Price Tag' attack by right ...

JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity's most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of mediaeval ...

Revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus's crucifixion and burial, Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre bustles with worshippers and clergy. Crosses etched in mysterious abundance ...