Pope Benedict XVI says he hopes his upcoming trip to the Holy Land will give encouragement to Christians there and also promote peace and reconciliation between Israel and the Palestinians.

Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that he is going to the Holy Land next week as a pilgrim of peace in a region marked by injustice, mistrust and fear.

Thousands of Orthodox faithful, carrying torches and bundles of candles signifying the 33 years of Jesus’ life, packed into Christianity’s holiest shrine on Saturday to celebrate Easter Week’s holy fire ritual.

Orthodox Christian clergymen and pilgrims are marking Good Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the site where they believe Jesus was crucified on this date two millennia ago.

It’s the philatelic version of the Land of Lincoln: A collection of some 10,000 stamps, all featuring the nation’s 16th president, is going on the auction block this week.

President Evo Morales asked large landowners to voluntarily relinquish some of their holdings to poor Indians during a ceremony held Saturday on property confiscated from a U.S. rancher for redistribution.

Thousands of acres of property belonging to a bachelor rancher who died a year and a half ago at age 79 has been auctioned off in one of North Dakota’s biggest land auctions ever.

Former western Kentucky landowners and their families are not entitled to compensation for their property the U.S. government used to build a military camp at the start of World War II, a federal court said in 2-1 ruling Wednesday, ending a 15-year legal

Former western Kentucky landowners and their families are not entitled to compensation for property taken by the U.S. government to build a military camp at the start of World War II, a federal court said in 2-1 ruling Wednesday, ending a 15-year legal ba

The Supreme Court has limited the federal government’s authority to hold land in trust for Indian tribes, a victory for states seeking to impose local laws and control over development on Indian lands.