Sitting high atop South Mountain, the lone star peeking out ... to the schoolchildren. Live Nativity and Christmas liturgy at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania(Photo: Courtesy ...

Christmas is a blast for Banksy. The elusive street artist has returned to Bethlehem for his latest politically-charged work — making a nativity scene that is dwarfed by a star-shaped bomb blast ...

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there ... a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity cave, which many Christians ...

In the western Christian version of the nativity story, three men from distant lands cross the deserts guided by the “Star of Bethlehem ... the 12th day after Christmas is known as the ...

The church is topped with a star ... their Christmas cards postmarked from “Bethlehem” and envelopes stamped with a Christmas greeting from the town. Those who do visit these two Nativity ...

The star is one of the most iconic symbols of Christmas, often found atop Christmas trees, in festive decorations, and depicted in nativity scenes ... to as the Star of Bethlehem, symbolizes ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene ... the pope with a “Bethlehem Star” award, which WAFA said ...

The same will be done on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. This tradition will therefore continue, but the procession along Star ... of the Nativity, in Bethlehem ...