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 ...

A church whose congregation has roots in the 19th century is closing and donating hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of its building to charity in a Pennsylvania city named for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

At Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, residents and businesses are facing the effects of ...