The Greek Ministry of Culture is restoring the Basilica I Complex at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Philippi, northern ...

At the center of Kattan’s book is the Bethlehem market, only a five-minute walk from the nearby Basilica of the Nativity, where tradition holds that Jesus was born. For locals, the basilica and the ...

Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in Israel boosts interest.

the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem the Basilica of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. These locations are central to the Christian faith ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. In Bethlehem, in ...

On December 7, Pope Francis attended the opening of Nativity of Bethlehem 2024, a nativity scene exhibition in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. One scene featured olive wood sculptures of Mary ...

Religious officials at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem are eagerly anticipating an announcement from Pope Francis in December that the Door of Mercy, at the basilica there, will be ...

This is the hand-carved Nativity at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston that Father Daniel Greenleaf purchased in Bethlehem last year.

The Church of the Nativity and its monastic complexes and the town of Bethlehem developed in tandem over the centuries. The current lack of control of development, traffic and tourism in the immediate ...