BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.

In Bethlehem cooking and eating are always about relationships, and it is this world of human connections that Kattan, ...

"We want to show the world that Bethlehem is not having Christmas as usual", he said. Prayers will go on, and the Catholic Church ... tree at the main entrance to the neighbourhood, New Gate, and ...

Palestinians mourn the late Pope as a lone western voice against Israel's genocide in Gaza, yet he failed to shift the ...

Pope Francis suggested the global community study whether Israel's military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people. Pope Francis, with a large bruise on his chin ...

The Latin Patriarch speaks Hebrew and lands at Rome as the high-profile prelate in the Promised Land. The Latin Patriarch of ...

It’s hard to guess what direction the Catholic church might go after the death ... of the holy sites such as the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Sepulchre.

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church ... Christmas, the Vatican chose to display a nativity scene designed by Palestinian artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, both from ...

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads the Christmas midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on ...

See seittours.com; northernterritory.com Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine A silver ... an area marked where Muslims believe the palm tree stood that features in the Quranic story ...

(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File) Pope Francis plants an olive tree with Israel ... in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ in the ...

“Long time ago in Bethlehem ... the believers would attend the church service called the Feast of Nativity and then go out and celebrate in a drunken, rowdy fashion right after the service. Santa ...