BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — 'We are in the place where Jesus was born, and it is imperative that every person in the world who loves Jesus to help the Christian community survive,' business ...

The first time I finally managed to cook zucchini flowers stuffed with fresh cheese, it was because of a gift. For months, I had been poring over the recipes in Fadi Kattan’s wonderful new cookbook, ...

Christian leaders are encouraging pilgrimages to the Holy Land, emphasizing its safety and spiritual significance. ... Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem and the Galilee," Wood said.

Located at 418 Third Avenue in Bethlehem, Essentials Cafe is the Lehigh Valley’s first Pay-What-You-Can Community Café. Part of the One World Everybody Eats network, the restaurant just ...

Instead of pilgrimages, what little tourism that has come to Bethlehem over the past 14 months of the war has involved mostly non-Israeli history buffs from neighboring countries. Inside the ...

According to the traditional story laid out in Christian belief, Jesus was born in a manger in a town called Bethlehem of Judea. This town, about six miles south of Jerusalem, is now located in a ...

Not only Christian women but also many Muslim women, who regard Mary as a model of feminine virtue, make pilgrimages here. The depiction of Our Lady of the Milk inside the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem.

The delegation refused until a pair of Israeli peace activists promised to remain with the farmers.Clark’s delegation also met with Alice Qaisiyah, a Palestinian Christian whose home in Al-Makhrur, ...

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK – The escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinian territories often brings focus on the tensions between Judaism and Islam, the two majority religions in the ...

Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, West Bank continues its mission to provide high-quality maternal healthcare to mothers of all races and creeds as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the region.

According to the excavators, “these intriguing drawings may have been left by Christian pilgrims arriving by ship to the Gaza port; their first inland stop was this Rahat church, continuing from ...