We string our lights, trim our trees, talk about the holiday, hear recorded songs mentioning the birth of Jesus... But how ...

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday ...

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

Later during the Christmas season, you might want to watch the 1949 film Come to the Stable that tells the story of Regina ...

A worshipper walks through the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark another somber Christmas in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark another somber Christmas in the traditional birthplace of ...

Did Joseph and Mary really need to go to Bethlehem because of a Roman census, or is this unhistorical, as some scholars ...

It is already the second Christmas in Bethlehem to be marked by Israel's war in Gaza. Tourists and pilgrims have stopped coming to the city almost altogether, and the economic situation seems even ble ...

The U.S. gained its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site this summer. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian settlement joined ...

Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians ...

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