A Nativity scene inside the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem showed baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh ... them and praying for peace." An icon in the shape of an angle pointing ...

“The Journey to Bethlehem” recounts Mary and ... Mary was nine months pregnant with a baby you may have heard of — Jesus. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) “We estimate that in the past dozen years at least 3,000 babies have been born to mothers who prayed in the grotto,” said the Franciscan brother who guards it.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Dozens of photos of smiling babies accompanied by moving testimonials line the walls of Franciscan Brother Lawrence Bode's office in the Milk Grotto Church where ...

Usually the narrow, gently winding street to the side of ... life-size icon of Mary. The painting depicts her cradling Jesus to her bare breast. Nowadays, with a baby of my own, I can't help ...

Lots of Palestinians identify with Jesus as a refugee, he says, and reflect on the challenges he and his family “would have faced if they were around today, going from Nazareth to Bethlehem to ...

‘Jesus under the rubble’: The Nativity scene at the Lutheran church in Bethlehem shows a baby wrapped in a keffiyeh ... stands empty and quiet. The holy-icon centre, nativity museum and ...

Mary was visited by an angel who told her that she would give birth to a baby called Jesus. Jesus was born in Bethlehem because ... the photograph are holding an icon of Mary and the infant ...

Luke says these shepherds were notified about Jesus’ location in Bethlehem by angels. There is no guiding star in Luke’s story, nor do the shepherds bring gifts to baby Jesus. Luke also ...