During my recent trip to Israel, on a cold, windy and rainy day, I was blessed to visit the extraordinary archaeological site of Capernaum. A sign posted at the entrance to the site caught my ...

On Day 1 of America Media's virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, James Martin, S.J., guides us through the extraordinary sites of Capernaum, the central town of Jesus' Galilean ministry. Visit our ...

NAZARETH, Israel - We climbed the narrow streets of Jesus' boyhood home in Nazareth and looked out from a steep ridge. Did he really walk here? A broad valley winds northeast toward the Sea of Galilee ...

A new trail across northern Israel offers travelers the chance to walk — or trot — through New Testament sites in the footsteps of Jesus. The newly opened Gospel Trail winds for 39 miles, heading ...

The synagogue at Capernaum (K’far Nahum in Hebrew), recorded in the New Testament as one of the first places where Jesus of Nazareth spoke to the people, will be reconstructed. An agreement concerning ...

During the first weeks of Ordinary Time, the Church also leads us through the first episodes in Jesus’ public ministry. Mark’s Gospel — the focus of this year’s readings — contains no Infancy ...

Editor’s note • The Salt Lake Tribune’s senior religion writer, Peggy Fletcher Stack, is on assignment in the Middle East. Besides her deeper reporting, she is sharing shorter daily dispatches. This ...

Instead of asking “what would Jesus do?”, travellers from all walks of life are now asking “where did Jesus walk?”. Founded in 2009, northern Israel’s Jesus Trail is fast-becoming one of the world’s ...

A village located on the Sea of Galilee, the Bible describes Capernaum as a place where Jesus taught at the temple but also healed people. That village gives its name to Capernaum Health Clinic, which ...