"Case Update: The Baby Jesus figurine reported stolen from the Old Town Square Nativity scene four days ago was today ... The ...

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

In a quirk of the calendar, Christmas Day and the Jewish festival of light, Hanukkah, coincided this year. This has happened only four times since 1900. The confluence was understandably seized upon ...

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

Amid war and loss, Bethlehem marks a somber Christmas, with prayers for peace and resilience echoing through the Church of ...

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 ...

Askarieh also raised concerns about rising extremism in the region. For example, in Syria, the small Christian community may ...

The Christmas spirit in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was festive yet overshadowed on Christmas Eve by the grim ...

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

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

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

Bethlehem is hardly calm and bright this holiday. Neither is the rest of the region that three world religions consider ...