This video offers a firsthand tour of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, one of Christianity’s most sacred sites. It reveals the often-overlooked Crusader-era mosaics, architecture, and stories ...

“Last year, I left the Nativity church at 3 a.m. after multiple Masses,” says Kevin Vollrath, manager of Middle East partnerships at Churches for Middle East Peace, who lives near Bethlehem ...

The small procession of Franciscan friars, with the Custos of the Holy Land, travels down Star Street preceded by scouts for the solemn entrance into Bethlehem, on Saturday, Dec. 2.

Inside the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Since the war started on Oct. 7, pilgrim and tourist groups have cancelled visits and the basilica is always empty. This part of the basilica is ...

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem were canceled amid the Israel-Hamas war. Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene, the creche features baby Jesus wrapped in a checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh ...

Dec. 24, 2024 Updated Tue., Dec. 24, 2024 at 12:23 p.m. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads the yearly Christmas procession outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ...