A CONTROVERSIAL nativity scene ... Scar of Bethlehem, depicts the Christ child in a manger in front of the concrete slabs of Israel's West Bank Barrier. The so-called separation wall was erected ...

The mysterious street artist known as Banksy has displayed a politically charged Nativity scene in Bethlehem, the town revered as the birthplace of Jesus, just in time for the busy Christmas season.

Pilgrims visiting Bethlehem within about 100 years of Christ’s birth already believed Christ was born there. We also have these very specific descriptions of what the town was like at the time.

Banksy wants people celebrating Christmas to consider what’s happening in present-day Bethlehem ... scene: Joseph and Mary kneeling beside Jesus in a manger set beside a monstrous concrete wall.

The Walk Through Bethlehem sets the scene for the birth of Jesus Christ, with hundreds of characters portraying life under Roman rule during the year scholars estimate at between 6 and 4 B.C. The ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene, the creche ... Jesus’ birthplace. “And Christ was born under occupation.” ...

Pope Francis stopped his motorcade between scheduled events in Bethlehem ... and to the Wailing Wall, the last remaining piece of the temple in place at the time of Christ. In a gesture that ...

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there are no holiday lights or tourists to see them. Instead, the city of Jesus’s birth ...

These biblical “Magi,” sometimes called kings, now adorn nativity scenes ... the Star of Bethlehem. In fact, the only supernova that was visible from Earth around the time of Christ’s ...

In many ways it is, as pilgrims journey here all year round to read the same story in every language of the day on which Christ was ... so that the scenes reveal Bethlehem, the infant Jesus ...

The plot tells of a second Bethlehem hailed as the true birthplace of Jesus Christ. This is home to a ... Parts of a fortifying wall can also be seen, supporting historic records which refer ...