BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem ... after officials in Jesus' traditional birthplace decided to forgo celebrations due to the Israel-Hamas war. The cancellation of Christmas festivities ...

The cave, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Jerusalem, was famous in Byzantine times as a site of Christian ...

We are in the place where Jesus was born, and it is imperative that every person in the world who loves Jesus to help the ...

A call by veteran Palestinian leader and Fatah figure Mohammad Khalil al-Lahham, known as Abu Khalil, inviting the newly elected Pope Leo XIV to visit Palestine and Bethlehem has been met with a ...

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem ...

By Adam Rasgon Reporting from Jerusalem When Pope Francis visited Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 2014, he crisscrossed the traditional birthplace of Jesus in a white popemobile ...

The vehicle is being fitted with emergency medical equipment to help treat juvenile patients living in Gaza, where the majority of the health infrastructure has been destroyed.

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis’ "pope-mobile" – a vehicle outfitted to protect the pontiff during his 2014 trip to the birthplace of Jesus Christ – is being converted into a mobile ...

traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Credit: AP The decision was one of Francis’s final wishes before his death on April 28 ...

was a gift from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for Francis’s 2014 visit to Bethlehem, the West Bank city that is believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Francis later gifted the ...