The devastation has loomed over the celebrations for the tiny Christian community in Gaza, with much of the population living ...

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

The pope called for peace, especially for the victims of “forgotten” wars, naming several conflicts in Africa.

In his first Christmas homily, Pope Leo lamented conditions for Palestinians in Gaza and urged Ukraine and Russia to engage ...

Palestinian Christians are preparing for their first Christmas without the constant threat of bombardment and attacks after ...

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

Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal during a solemn, ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the ...

Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for the guns to ...