The war, the violence in the occupied West Bank it has spurred and the lack of festivities has deeply hurt Bethlehem’s ...

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

At Manger Square, the heart of the Palestinian city dominated by the revered church that marks the site where Christians ...

WASHINGTON WATCHThe scene at the Paul VI chapel in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square was quite moving. Pope Francis had come to ...

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

“Trump will solve these problems,” Father Spiridon Sammour told The Media Line this week. Sitting on the chancel in the ...

Jack Ruckel retired this year from his 24-year tradition of parking a mobile manger in front of the Tippecanoe County ...

The birthplace of Jesus is marking a second subdued Christmas as locals continue to live under the shadow of the war in Gaza.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Jack Ruckel retired this year from his 24-year tradition of parking a mobile manger in front of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse. His Christmas spirit now manifests itself ...

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...