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

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

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

There was a time when my least favorite Christmas hymn was “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” That all changed when I ...

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 ...

Pope Francis called for arms to be silenced around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East ...

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

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics. The tradition continues regardless of government shutdowns, such as the one ...

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

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 ...