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

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

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, have been canceled again this year due to war in Gaza.

The Christmas story is the world’s greatest news story. Indeed, the birth of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago is the ...

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

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

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

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

Local residents share stories of faith and resilience as the city’s economic and social struggles grow amid the ongoing war.

On Tuesday night, as part of tradition, the part of the sign that says “Hotel” will be turned off so that only “Bethlehem” is ...

A church whose congregation has roots in the 19th century is closing and donating hundreds of thousands of dollars from the ...

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