Just south of Las Vegas lies a little-known spot where the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad was completed—a ...

Thousands march in Philadelphia to protest the Trump administration. Our reporters and photographers are at the scene.

Pope Francis prays at Israel’s separation barrier on his way to a Mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the ...

A mosque's minarate is pictured behind a cross during celebrations of Orthodox Christmas outside the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of ...

Based on biblical descriptions and historical evidence, some researchers propose that Jesus may have been born in spring or autumn, possibly between 6 and 4 BCE. The Significance of Jesus’ Birth. The ...

Children were spotted posing with Santa at the Church of the Nativity (Picture: AP) The birthplace of Jesus is marking a second subdued Christmas as locals continue to live under the shadow of the ...

Bethlehem, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating ...

Christmas in Bethlehem: Muted festivities in the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Posted: 24 December 2024 | Last updated: 6 March 2025. Christmas celebrations have been muted across the Occupied West ...

Christmas marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth over 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, Palestine, in what is now the Israeli Occupied West Bank. The occasion is both solemn and celebratory.

However, if Jesus wasn't born in Bethlehem of Judea, the question remains as to where his birthplace might be. One theory that has sparked quite a bit of controversy is that there might be another ...

The first reference to Jesus’ home is in the oldest Gospel, Mark: “At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan” (Mark 1:9).