Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.

Scripture had said the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, so that’s where Mary ... There was no room for Jesus at the inn, just like there’s no room for Him in some people’s lives today.

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal ...

Orthodox Christians have gathered in Bethlehem this week, the city recognised as the birthplace of Jesus, to mark Christmas.

Jesus understood family blessings and struggles on a personal level, and He learned from being part of a family. His early ...

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the usually bustling place filled with foreign tourists and pilgrims flocking to ...

In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank ... by the revered church that marks the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, a group of scouts held a parade that broke the ...

From clergy who see Jesus in the faces of displaced Palestinians to citizens yearning for a cease-fire that never seems to arrive, Bethlehem’s Christmas Eve this year reveals a collective plea ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual trappings of the city's favorite holiday ...

“O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie,” begins a beloved Christmas carol sung since 1868, paying homage to Jesus’ birthplace. But have you heard of Bethlehem, Connecticu ...