Pope Francis called Wednesday (December 25, 2024) for “arms to be silenced” around the world in his Christmas address, ...

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

The historic city of Bethlehem has cancelled Christmas celebrations for the second year in a row as the majority Palestinian populations mourns the tens of thousands of people killed by Israel in Gaza ...

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

Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become “a season of hope” and reconciliation in a world at war and suffering ...

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

For the second consecutive year, the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank is commemorating Christmas this year without ...

It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war still raging in Gaza. Palestinians in the city believed to be the birthplace of Jesus are hurting after more than a year of war.

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

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

Pope Francis called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, as well as for the release of hostages, adding aid ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under ...