VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

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

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

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

On Saturday, Pope Francis joined Palestinian officials to inaugurate a nativity scene in the Vatican ... pattern when he speaks about Jews and Israel. The previous month, comments by Francis ...

The keffiyeh nativity debacle reflects a deeper problem ... role of venture capital in the industrial policies of the UK and Israel. Formerly Editor-in-Chief of La Voce Repubblicana, he is ...

Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the occupied West Bank, observed Christmas without its customary ...

A septuagenarian Israeli woman who was taken hostage during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 0ct. 7, 2023 has died.

The display was not the main nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square and was removed from display on Wednesday following backlash, according to the Times of Israel. Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac ...

Hundreds gathered at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank as the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy ...

A nativity scene featuring baby Jesus wrapped ... This display follows Pope Francis’ recent controversial comments suggesting that Israel’s actions in Gaza might constitute genocide.

The plaque and nativity scene will now remain in the Paul ... Two months before, he appeared to suggest the extent of Israel’s defense in Lebanon and Gaza may be disproportionate to the threat ...