The star,” Pope Francis said, “speaks to us of that unique light that can show to all people the way to salvation and ...

It might seem obvious that Jesus was born on December 25 in the town of Bethlehem, but experts say that this version of the story might not be correct.

Carved into the rock near Temple Mount, the structure comprises eight rooms, containing an altar, a sacred standing stone, ...

Nearly every pilgrim, after praying at the Grotto of the Nativity ... Bethlehem’s identity as a cradle of Christian faith and tradition. Following the birthplace of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem, ...

The church was built on top of a grotto that marks the birthplace of Jesus. To reach the underground grotto, a rectangular cave beneath the mosaic-decorated altar, visitors have to scale down a narrow ...

“The second message is what I bring to you from the birthplace of Christ and the cradle of Christianity, the city of Bethlehem, and the Church of the Nativity and the Grotto of the Nativity ... a cave ...

The embattled West Bank hill town of Bethlehem faces a second cold Christmas as Palestinian Christians leave, and tourists stay away from the birthplace of Jesus ... the Nativity built over the grotto ...

Another series of steps takes us down into a lamp-lit grotto ... Jesus’ Nativity in Bethlehem to tie the Galilean peasant to the Judaean city prophesied in the Old Testament as the birthplace ...

Nicknamed the "Home of the Blues," Memphis, Tennessee, is the self-appointed birthplace of rock and roll ... The Crystal Shrine Grotto, a 60-foot deep art installation, is not a burial site ...

Credit: Vatican Media The solemnity of the Epiphany marks when the Magi, also called the Wise Men or three kings, arrived at the birthplace of Jesus bearing ... haste to the grotto, and the ...

A nun prays as she stands before the entrance of the grotto, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ "We want to focus on the Palestinian reality and show the world that Palestine is still ...