Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus after a two-year hiatus, but the joy remains overshadowed by ...

Christmas returns to Bethlehem amid ongoing concerns over Christian population decline from 86% in 1950 to just 10% today, ...

The 2023 and 2024 celebrations were canceled with a "broken heart and a broken soul," Bethlehem's mayor told NBC News, but ...

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of ...

Christians in Israel and Palestine are celebrating Christmas for the first time in two years now that Israel and Hamas have ...

For the past two years, Christmas in Bethlehem has been a somber affair, without the traditional festivities. But this year, ...

New research examines the theory that this biblical phenomenon was actually a comet, and subjects it to mathematical ...

Hundreds descended on the historic city in the Palestinian territory on Dec. 24 for the first Christmas celebration since the ...

Thousands of people traveled from nearby towns and villages to attend Bethlehem's annual Christmas Eve tree lighting ceremony ...

Pilgrims return as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, leads Mass at the Church of the ...