A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem ... But Johny Andonia, a 39-year-old artist from Bethlehem who led the project, said it is just a symbol to represent or show the “existence ...

Some know they’re likely the last heirs of a centuries-old tradition ... keffiyeh was visible during the presentation of the Bethlehem Nativity to Pope Francis in the Vatican’s Paul VI ...

This year, the usual nativity scene ... to the Old City of Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. (Mussa Issa Qawasma/Reuters) "I continue to receive very grave and painful news from Gaza," Pope Francis ...

Johny Andonia, a 39-year-old artist from Bethlehem who led the ... Pope Francis stops for a brief prayer in front of the Bethlehem Nativity in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall during its presentation ...