The Christmas spirit in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was festive yet overshadowed on Christmas Eve by the grim realities of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Pa ...

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the ...

Pope Francis called for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address on Wednesday, appealing for peace in ...

Our commitment this Christmas is to rebuild our trust and renew our hope for life here in Bethlehem and throughout Palestine, ...

The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found: The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas ...

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual ...

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the ...

Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and a massive Christmas morning ...

Bethlehem, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, experienced a muted and somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday, as the ongoing ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...