SMOKE SIGNAL — In just a few hours, 133 men will pray, convene and begin a series of votes that could shape the course of human history. So will begin the much-awaited conclave to select the successor ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has emerged as an intriguing possibility ahead of ...

When the Foundation Stone sees the Kaab’a approaching, it shall cry out, “Peace be to the great guest”. (Zev Vilnay, Legends of Jerusalem) The Muslim Kaab’a in Mecca was a very ancient ruined holy ...

Iran likely has been trying to get messages to America despite last weekend's planned talks in Rome being postponed. Iranian ...

Maari. He lived between 970 and 1057 AD. He was an Arab-Muslim thinker, philosopher, ethicist and polemicist. He was born blind. Despite the blessings of a long life, sharp intellect and intuition, al ...

The much younger Italian cardinal from Bergamo, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 60, who has made the Holy Land his home for more ...

South Africa, a staunch critic of Israel, is presenting its arguments to the United Nation’s International Court of Justice ...

The families of deceased Israeli hostages whose bodies are being held by Hamas in Gaza made a plea for the return of the ...

Hundreds of thousands of people depend on the U.N. agency for food. It's been eight weeks since Israel blocked aid. The U.N. has run out of supplies for charity kitchens as aid sits across the border.

World leaders and Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his concern for people ...

Learning how to pray as a family isn’t about perfection. When I was a kid, my parents made it a point to gather us for family prayer every evening – no matter how chaotic the day. I can still picture ...

It is available in Urdu, English, and Arabic translations for readers to access ... The Holy Quran puts great emphasis on prayers. However, hadith gives us further information about their virtues.