It is the site now of the Church of the Nativity ... Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to Jesus’s birth. This conveys a message of hope. The artist, Tarek Salsaa, explained that the scene ...

At the Church of the Nativity ... own mosaics and column paintings of saints, done in the rare encaustic method, with pigment suspended in wax. Political control of Bethlehem has flip-flopped ...

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 ...

The Magi follow a star to Bethlehem. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea ... Matthew 2:1-12 (NAB) In his apostolic letter on the meaning and importance of the Nativity scene, Pope Francis writes ...

The installation -- which shows Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus in front of a bullet-scarred concrete wall -- is on display at the artist's hotel in Bethlehem ... a nativity scene tied to a major ...

A church in Bethlehem has depicted the infant Jesus wearing a keffiyeh and lying in a pile of rubble in its Nativity scene this year, in a reference to the conflict in Gaza. Footage here from WAFA ...