The Christian leaders' statement contextualizes reports from earlier this month quoting Bethlehem civil authorities on the decision to take down Christmas decorations in the area. Michele Burke ...

JERUSALEM — A leading evangelical Christian leader, the Rev. Johnnie Moore, accused Hamas of pulling the plug on Christmas lights and festivities in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

(RNS) — A year ago, the Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, joined other Christian leaders in abruptly canceling Christmas ...

Another Bleak Christmas in Bethlehem as Christian Families Quit West Bank By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in ...

open image in gallery Bethlehem will only celebrate Christmas with small religious rites this year (Nicholas Blincoe) There will be no parades, trees or lights in Bethlehem this year – only ...

When that church was partially destroyed by an Israeli missile, killing 18 Christian women, men and children, it was a terrible blow for their relatives in Bethlehem. Their sorrow is expressed by ...

In the mid-1700s a Welsh woman named Mary Penry was accepted into the Moravian Community of Bethlehem ... married and single people alike. Numerous religious scholars have questioned the viability ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a nativity scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter’s Square as a ...