Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often self-inflicted.

For more than 3,000 years, the Mount of Olives has served as Jerusalem's primary burial ground and the final resting place of notable biblical figures, such as Zechariah and Absalom. There are ...

Israel markets itself as “the land of creation” — and for good reason. Israel is home to the Holy Land, to a plethora of ...

If the West is going to survive as a semi-concrete entity and not either be subsumed into an amorphous global neoliberal blob ...

The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the war between Hamas and Israel, and related articles. A deeper view that unites instead of divides, connecting why the story matters to you.

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Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director Tuesday who was detained by the army after being attacked ...

In “Under the Olive Tree,” author Olivia Spears guides readers to the Mount of Olives to console ... the Blessed Virgin Mary in order to view Lent and Easter in a completely new way.