The annual challenge for clerics is to present a story listeners think they know everything about — the Son of God being born ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

“Silent Night” depictions of Christ’s birth are unrealistic, as plastic as decorations that appear on lawns every December, ...

As the service concludes, those gathered reflect on the beauty and mystical nature of Christ’s birth. They hold candles and ...

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, as ...

For the second year in a row, official Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem are ... Bells ring out onto Manger Square as a girl scout troop sings solemnly. The sparse crowd of spectators watch ...

"Christmas is the festival on which God comes to us, in a way follows us like the shepherd follows the lost sheep," says ...

The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing ... and its people,” while they march during Christmas Eve celebrations at the Church of the Nativity ...