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

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

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 ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A church whose congregation has roots going back to the 19th century is closing and donating hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of its building to charity in a ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A church whose congregation has roots going back to the 19th century is closing and donating hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of its building to charity in a ...

AFP While glittering Christmas decorations adorn malls and mansions across the Western world, a stark contrast emerges in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. As babies are being massacred and ...

Trinity has — like many other houses of worship — suffered a decline in membership and sold the Gothic Revival-style church building with large stained-glass windows to another congregation ...

However, according to the latest work carried out by historians, it is more likely that the date was selected because of an earlier Roman festival and that the actual day of the arrival of Jesus ...

Franciscan Priest, Father Fadi Shalufa, responsible for the "milk grotto" church, was attacked on 1 June by one of the two young men who had previously harassed a group of pilgrims in visit to the ...

Francis is due to deliver his traditional Christmas Day blessing, Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world), at midday on Wednesday, while in the biblical birthplace of Jesus, the Israeli-occupied ...

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.