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, ...

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 ...

The last time Pope Francis called the Palestinians of Gaza and gave them his blessings was two days before he passed away on 21 April. His funeral was held on Saturday in St Peter's Basilica, drawing ...

gestures at Saint Catherine’s Church as he leads a Christmas mass, in the Church of the Nativity, on December 25, 2023, in Bethlehem, the West Bank [Maja Hitij/Getty Images] The Guinean cardinal ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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A joyous glow filled the inside of Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, marking the first Sunday with a new Holy Father.

(Vatican Media) Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square ...