Our commitment this Christmas is to rebuild our trust and renew our hope for life here in Bethlehem and throughout Palestine, ...

The manger used as a crib, meanwhile, is being surrounded by piles of rubble. Even Pope Francis has gotten in on it. But many Christians and pro-Israel advocates are outraged by the apparent ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has sent out his Christmas Message in a film (see link below).

The war, the violence in the occupied West Bank it has spurred and the lack of festivities has deeply hurt Bethlehem’s ...

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, have been canceled again this year due to war in Gaza.