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

For a second straight year, the war raging in Gaza has kept pilgrims and tourists away from Bethlehem in the occupied West ...

Donald Trump’s top border adviser said the U.S. will bring back family detention. Five journalists were killed in Gaza, a ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

Palestinian priests share messages of hope and resistance as they celebrate a scaled-down Christmas in Jesus' birthplace ...

Israeli bombardments and blockades threaten the existence of one of the oldest Christian communities in the world ...

Pope Francis appealed for a cease-fire in Gaza, as he called for a global cessation of violence and peace in the Middle East, ...

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

A heroic family-run animal sanctuary has defied the odds by “working around the clock” to save hundreds of animals suffering ...

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

Pope Francis in his Christmas message called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow's ...

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