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Coverage dated August 26, 2026

An AP reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

JERUSALEM (AP) — The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist — me — were locked for the night inside one of Christianity’s holiest sites in Jerusalem.

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    An AP reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    JERUSALEM (AP) — The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist — me — were locked for the night inside one of Christianity’s holiest sites in Jerusalem.

  2. Crux

    Reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims (opens Crux)

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    The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist were locked for the night inside one of Christianity's holiest sites in Jerusalem.

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