Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, as the faithful prepared for another solemn Christmas overshadowed by the ...

About 2,300 people across the Lehigh Valley will receive life-changing relief for their medical debts thanks to an act of faith by several congregations. An estimated $3.2 million in debt owed by ...

A worshipper walks through the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... Security forces arranged barriers near the Church of the Nativity, built atop the spot where Jesus is believed to have been born. The cancellation of Christmas ...

Natalie Beneviat Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 6:00 a.m. | Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 6:00 a.m. A local church makes visiting Bethlehem a whole lot easier. St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland on ...

The Feast of the Presentation officially closes the Christmas season, 40 days after the Nativity, so there’s still one last ...

RAMALLAH, February 13, 2025 (WAFA) – Estonian President Alar Karis laid a wreath today, Thursday, at the tomb of the late ...

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...