...where residents had been confined to their homes under round-the-clock curfews since April 2. Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, the top Roman Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, on Saturday visited the church marking the spot where tradition...

...in Thursday's meeting with the pope was the top Roman Catholic churchman in the Holy Land, Latin rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah, who earlier this year was blocked by Israeli troops from visiting parishioners in a West Bank village. Also at Thursday's...