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Israeli man arrested for smashing crosses, statues in Jaffa's St. Anthony's Church

According to the police, they were called on Sunday morning and informed of the incident. Police arrived at the scene to investigate and found that the church had been vandalized.

Broken statues on the floor of St. Anthony's Church in Jaffa, August 16, 2026.
An anti-Israel protest in New York City. Ilustrative.

US lawmakers seek 100-foot buffer zone around houses of worship to protect against protests

Man cleaning the Byzantine-era mosaic in Nahariya, taken in 2022; file photo.

Nahariya's Byzantine church hit by Hezbollah rocket reopens to public after four months

Members of the clergy take part in the yearly Christmas procession led by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem outside the Church of the Nativityon December 24, 2025 in Bethlehem, West Bank.

Christian Zionists ignore reality of West Bank living, Palestinian Christian leaders say


Graves of ‘Eaves children’ found surrounding lost medieval Church of St. Godehard

As archaeologists began excavations at the site, they unearthed at least 30 graves of infants and young children, including newborns, buried outside the church's sanctuary and in mass graves.

 Graves of ‘Eaves children’ found surrounding lost medieval Church of St. Godehard.

Sacred real estate: Resolving the church land saga in Jerusalem - opinion

If every time someone purchases land from a Christian denomination, the state will rush in and expropriate that land, no one will want to purchase land from the various churches anymore.


'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.