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

In light of the war, the Holy Land’s patriarchs ... “For us, Bethlehem is part of the Palestinian heritage, and as a result of what’s going on in Gaza, and Israel’s continuous attacks ...

The Christmas spirit in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was festive yet overshadowed on Christmas Eve by the grim realities of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Pa ...

Catholic bishops in the Holy Land prayed for “the ability to hope again” after “a prolonged time of trial and tribulation” in ...

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

Friar Ibrahim Faltas, vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, in Bethlehem, West Bank ... work in Christian tourism or are employed in Israel, are out of work due to the war.

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

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

The outspoken leader of the church in the Holy Land ... to Bethlehem." He pointed out that "the two main sources of income, from the economic point of view -- pilgrimages and working in Israel ...

Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark another somber Christmas in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark ... of the roughly 14 million people spread across the Holy Land. There are about 182,000 in Israel, 50,000 in the West Bank and Jerusalem and 1,300 in Gaza ...