Hundreds of worshippers, both Palestinians and foreigners, attended the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity in the West ... Pope Francis again criticised Israel’s actions in its ongoing ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. In Bethlehem, in ...

Hundreds of people gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to ... of the sombre mood as the war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip ...

A Greek Orthodox clergy member kisses a young worshipper at the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus Christ ...

Palestinian security forces have been deployed around the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ... reflecting the sombre mood as the war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza ...

Palestinian security forces arranged barriers near the Nativity Church, built atop the spot where Jesus is believed to have ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity ... citing Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics. Father Issa Thaljieh, the parish priest of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Church of the Nativity ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

Nuns walk along the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve in the West Bank city of Bethlehem ... There are about 182,000 in Israel, 50,000 in the West Bank and Jerusalem and 1,300 in Gaza ...

Palestinian scouts lift banners as they partake in the yearly Christmas procession towards the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem town in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Dec 24, 2024.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem’s visit to Gaza came as Pope Francis again criticised Israel ... in Bethlehem” said Pizzaballa. Worshippers pray at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally ...