Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, kneels at the spot where tradition says Jesus was ... of Christ’s birth, hard times ...

Scientists and historians are raising fresh questions over the long-held belief that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea. Recent archaeological findings and scholarly debates suggest that the ...

Matthew's gospel suggests that the holy family lived in Bethlehem and only moved later to flee King Herod's massacre of the innocents after Jesus' birth. Luke, on the other hand, gives us the ...

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene, the creche features baby Jesus wrapped ... of Christ’s birth, hard times ...

"Our earliest Gospel—Mark—says nothing about his birth. And the Apostle Paul—who knew the brothers of Jesus—says nothing about Bethlehem," Dr. Taylor is cited by the Daily Mail. This ...

“I see God in the rubble,” said Munther Isaac, the Palestinian pastor of a landmark Lutheran church in Bethlehem, the West Bank town revered by Christians as Jesus’ birthplace. “And Christ ...