Jimmy Carter described himself as an optimist when speaking about the prospects of peace to an audience of 3,000 assembled ...

New York buzzed with tension as Commander-in-Chief George Washington readied his troops for an imminent British attack.

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the ...

Bethlehem is marking another somber Christmas Eve under the shadow of war in Gaza. Manger Square lacked its usual festive ...

The U.S. gained its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site this summer. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian settlement joined ...

Askarieh also raised concerns about rising extremism in the region. For example, in Syria, the small Christian community may ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message has urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year ...

Once upon a time, long, long ago, there lived a young lady named Mary. Mary was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph. Before they were wed, and while she was still a virgin, Mary was found to ...

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the ...

While Bethlehem has been spared the bombs, the shadow of conflict has driven visitors away, leaving behind a profound silence ...

Later during the Christmas season, you might want to watch the 1949 film Come to the Stable that tells the story of Regina ...