the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas rages around 100km (60 miles) away in Gaza –leaving thousands of Palestinians dead and nearly two million displaced and trapped in ...

The pope-mobile that carried Pope Francis on his 2014 tour of Bethlehem will be converted into a "mobile health station" for ...

One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling ...

The occasional brawls at the 1,700-year-old basilica, believed to mark the birthplace of Jesus Christ, reflect the difficulty of housing three Christian denominations under a single roof.

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war.

This Easter, Orthodox and Western Christians find themselves united in a rare occurrence: celebrating the resurrection of Christ on the same day. In the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity ...

And on Christmas Eve they have special fasting – “until the first star” - in memory of how the Magi came first to the birthplace of Christ following the movement of the star in the sky.

BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories, Dec 24, (AFP) -Pilgrims flocked to a sun-kissed Bethlehem Friday to celebrate Christmas in the birthplace of Jesus Christ as other revellers battled snowstorms to ...