Christmas decorations – and tourists – return to Bethlehem in needed boost to economy - The unemployment rate in the city ...

For the first time in two years, Bethlehem has restarted its Christmas festivities to "reignite the spirit that everybody ...

Hundreds of worshippers, both Palestinians and foreigners, attended the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity in the West Bank. The regular cheering was absent, and no Christmas tree or decorations ...

Bethlehem lights tree after two years, mixing hope with sorrow amid Gaza war and economic hardship from Israeli siege.

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, presided over midnight Mass for Christmas at the Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem, addressing the impact of the Israel-Hamas war ...

Tourists and pilgrims are slowly beginning to return to Bethlehem following the implementation in October of the Trump-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas following two years of war in Gaza, ...

The West Bank city of Bethlehem—identified in the Bible as the birthplace of Jesus—held muted Christmas celebrations on Monday amid the war between Israel and Hamas. Christian worshipers pray at the ...

STORY: The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa led the service in the town revered by Christians as Jesus' place of birth. With Israel's war in Gaza having killed more than 20,000 ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically descends ...

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem shared the news that on Christmas Eve the local Church was able to deliver supplies to the people taking refuge at Holy Family parish in Gaza. The Latin patriarch of ...