(RNS) — 'My heart is broken for us Ethiopians in America and around the world. Our life is dismantled,' said Kesis Asteraye Tsige, an Ethiopian priest in Kansas City. (RNS) — The fate of the ancient ...

They’re one greatest cultural and religious treasures not only in Ethiopia but also in Africa and in Christendom: the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. And now a United Nations agency is worried ...

Military forces from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have occupied Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ethiopia known for its rock-hewn cave churches that were carved in the 13th ...

If faith is a mystery, there are few places in the Christian world where the mystery is deeper than in Lalibela. 800 years ago, an Ethiopian king ordered a new capital for Christians. At 8,000 feet, ...

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, whose famed rock-hewn churches are a United Nations World Heritage Site, and residents were ...

In 2015, the world looked on in horror as the terror group Daesh (ISIS) brought their war to the ancient site of Palmyra. The group proceeded to destroy tombs and ...