Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin took place in downtown Bethlehem on Friday. The bust has been installed in a park adjoining Manger Square where the city’s main shrine, the Nativity Basilica is ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark ... At St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis urged the faithful to think "of the wars, of the machine ...

Thousands of tourists travel to Bethlehem every year at Christmas time Bethlehem is celebrating Christmas. A huge tree covered in lights is on display in the square outside the 1,700-year-old Nativity ...

Colm Flynn reports from Greccio, and the art historian Dr Geri Parlby explores the nativity scene’s fascinating story and enduring appeal. There will be no Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem ...

Among our stops was the West Bank (Palestinian) city of Bethlehem, today a city of 220,000 ... The nearby Church of the Nativity, some 1,700 years old, is built above a nearby limestone cave.

Mass is held at the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied ... and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Credit: Reuters Berliner Seehunde ...