BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Walking a church isle with a canine is part of the closure for Reverend Dennis Schappell. “Is Sunday going to be a tough day for you?” I asked, while he was in midst of dog ...

William Brangham: The U.S. saw its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site declared this past summer. It was in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where a historic settlement of the Moravian Church, along with ...

Palestinian scouts hold signs before the arrival of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem to attend Christmas events, near the Church of Nativity in the Old City of Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual trappings of the city’s favorite holiday: no ...

The Bethlehem Public Library was packed on Thursday as voters voted on a nearly $37 million renovation project. The unofficial results show that the proposal did not pass as 3,213 people voted ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - At Historic Bethlehem preparations are being made. The historic mill will be filled with art lovers Thursday and Friday. "This week we have Got Art at the Luckenbach Mill," said ...

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem were canceled amid the Israel-Hamas war. Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West ...

Jesus Christ’s birthplace Bethlehem witnesses tons of visitors from all over the world on Christmas. The Church of the Nativity this year saw no lights and celebration of the Christ which ...

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there are no holiday lights or tourists to see them. Instead, the city of Jesus’s birth ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. Even long-standing Christmas traditions in Bethlehem are not immune to the deadly fighting in Gaza. Last month, local leaders in Bethlehem made the decision to ...