Protesters gathered Thursday night on East Third Street in Bethlehem, a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

"I would like to send a message from Bethlehem to come to see the people who live here, who protected the Church of the Nativity where Jesus was born and where the light came out," says Father ...

Remi Benali / Corbis Feuding monks at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem don't just cast the first stone—they stockpile rocks in anticipation of future altercations. Several holy men landed ...

The Church of the Nativity in biblical Bethlehem has been closed over coronavirus fears, the Palestinian tourism ministry announced Thursday. The move comes after the first cases of the virus were ...

Bethlehem lies 10 kilometres south of the city of Jerusalem, in the fertile limestone hill country of the Holy Land. Since at least the 2nd century AD people have believed that the place where the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle ... The flagstone plaza facing the Church of the Nativity, a pilgrimage site for Christians the world over, is usually bustling at this time of year ...

The grotto is under Bethlehem’s large Church of the Nativity, which was built in the fourth century after Constantine’s mother, Helena, identified it as the right site for the miraculous moment.

Christmas Eve in Bethlehem is quiet this year - no giant tree at the Church of the Nativity, no carols in Manger Square. Churches in the Holy Land officially canceled Christmas celebrations due to ...

US President Joe Biden is visiting the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus. Biden, a devout Roman Catholic, stopped by the church Friday after ...

Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West Bank town's busy tourist season, was quiet and subdued this year. Bethlehem ...

The traditional Christian procession arrived in Bethlehem, the birthplace of ... walked the last stretch of the way to the Church of the Nativity. He was received by Christian representatives.

On April 2, as Israeli tanks rolled into Bethlehem, some 200 Palestinians - many of them armed - stormed into the fabled Church of the Nativity. They remained there for 39 days, as the standoff ...