Madonna heads for the Holy Land to prove her faith
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ESTHER - the pop star Madonna - briefly turned her back on the material world yesterday, at the beginning of a five-day pilgrimage to Israel to practise her new-found faith in Jewish mysticism.
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Pop star Madonna visits Judaism's sacred Western Wall in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.
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Pop star Madonna has visited Judaism&#39;s sacred Western Wall in the dead of night, to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.
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As Christmas approaches, Christians around the world turn to thoughts of the Holy Land and the great figures in the Bible.
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Strumming guitars and banging bongos, Christian pilgrims journeyed to Israel&#039;s dusty border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday to offer support to Israeli troops participating in the military action.
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Madonna's plans to stage a mock crucifixion during a Sunday concert in Rome have drawn fire from religious leaders, who have condemned the stunt as "an act of open hostility" toward the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pop diva Madonna made a midnight pilgrimage to a Jerusalem cemetery early Sunday, holding a mystical candlelit ceremony at the grave of a Jewish sage. The singer is in Israel on a five-day spiritual quest along with 2,000 other students of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism.
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Madonna, the Catholic pop diva turned Jewish mystic, ended a five-day retreat last night with 2,000 fellow searchers in the comfort of a five-star Tel-Aviv hotel.
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Pop star Madonna will sing suspended  from a cross in the finale of her Moscow concert on Tuesday  despite a plea from the Russian Orthodox Church to drop that  part of her act.
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Pop diva Madonna is absorbing every bit of the scenic beauty and traditional magic of Rajasthan.
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Madonna may want to keep her baby -- but now she's got a fight on her hands.
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Madonna meets Israeli President Shimon Peres during a spiritual pilgrimage to mark the Jewish New Year.
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Madonna travels to Israel and the Palestinian territories with her family as part of her interest in the Kabbalah faith.
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Madonna embarks on a visit to Israel with her family as part of her interest in the Kabbalah faith.
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Madonna has accepted a court ruling allowing human rights groups to monitor her adoption of an African child.
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Madonna signs a ground-breaking recording and touring contract with concert promoter Live Nation.
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Madonna joined other devotees of Kabbalah, Judaism's mystical sect, at a Tel Aviv hotel Thursday on the occasion of the Jewish New Year.