Hundreds gathered at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank as the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy ...

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa visited Bethlehem on Tuesday where he spoke about the sombre mood overshadowing Christmas celebrations in the Biblical city this year. (AP video shot by Imad ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa spoke with reporters hours after his wartime visit to Gaza, where he witnessed scenes of ...

After a muted celebration in 2023, the fragile ceasefire offers the opportunity for a modest, though joyful, celebration in ...

Patriarch Pizzaballa delivered a heartfelt message during the Mass: "Everyone speaks of the Holy Land as a place of war, ...

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the ...

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

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark another somber Christmas in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ...

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday ...

The birthplace of Jesus, typically flowing with cheer and tourists, was quiet as Palestinian scouts marched, some with signs ...

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the ...

Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark ... of the roughly 14 million people spread across the Holy Land. There are about 182,000 in Israel, 50,000 in the West Bank and Jerusalem and 1,300 in Gaza ...