Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians ...

The Christmas story is the world’s greatest news story. Indeed, the birth of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago is the ...

On Christmas Eve in 1741, their leader, Count Nicolas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, who was visiting them, led them to a stable, ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

Later during the Christmas season, you might want to watch the 1949 film Come to the Stable that tells the story of Regina ...

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

"Bethlehem is special at Christmas. It is so special in the Holy ... New Gate, and nativity scenes have been restricted to private properties. The tightening of security around Bethlehem since ...

"The service was revived here in 1950 as part of a similar movement to 'put the Christ back into Christmas,'" Father Alfred ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem. They include the “putz,” a Nativity scene that tells the story of Christ’s birth with ...