This video offers a firsthand tour of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, one of Christianity’s most sacred sites. It ...

Cardinal Peter Turkson attends Palm Sunday Mass held by Pope Francis at St ... Catherine’s Church as he leads a Christmas mass, in the Church of the Nativity, on December 25, 2023, in Bethlehem ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (OSV News) — The pews of the St. Catherine Church in Bethlehem were full and it was standing ... Despite the travel restrictions, the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and lack of ...

The streets of Bethlehem ... The church has become a vital lifeline for struggling families. Father Rami Askarieh, parish priest of the Latin Church of St. Catherine, told The Media Line ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark ... of the sombre mood as the war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip churns ...

Pizzaballa’s visit came at a time of increased tension between Israel and the Catholic Church ... enter Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Tuesday night, for Christmas Eve Mass in St. Catherine ...

Come, as the shepherds did, to Bethlehem." He pointed out that "the two main sources of income, from the economic point of view -- pilgrimages and working in Israel -- are now stopped for ...

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled Christmas celebrations ... mass is at the 19th-century neo-Gothic Catholic church of St Catherine. Depending on the security situation, Palestinian ...

The Gaza Strip is devastated by 14 months of Israel-Hamas ... solemn entry into Bethlehem, in the West Bank, where he will celebrate Christmas Eve Mass in St. Catherine's Church, located right ...

The war that Israel is waging in Gaza and in Lebanon ... The first vespers of Advent at St. Catherine's Church in Bethlehem (the Latin part of the Basilica of the Nativity complex) is presided ...