Scientists and historians are raising fresh questions over the long-held belief that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea. Recent archaeological findings and scholarly debates suggest that the ...

Bethlehem, West Bank • There are painted angels, shepherds and kings above the small altar and a 14-point star on the marble floor below, but there’s no way that sheep, goats or cattle could ...

the Palestinian pastor of a landmark Lutheran church in Bethlehem, the West Bank town revered by Christians as Jesus’ birthplace. “And Christ was born under occupation.” Together with ...

“If Jesus were to be born today, he would be born in Gaza under the rubble,” Munther Isaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, told NBC News Sunday.

Bethlehem was very busy, but Mary and Joseph finally found a stable to stay in. This is where Jesus, who was the most important gift that God has ever given to the world, was born. The first ...