As Palestinian Christians, we cannot really have our freedom to move freely and it's getting worse."Her words resonate as we ...

Christmas marked by uncertainty as war leaves shop empty In the birthplace of hope, Shibly Kando's Christmas is marked by ...

Just a short walk from the Grotto of the Nativity in the Holy Land is the only white-stone grotto in the entire area of Bethlehem. Commonly known as the “Milk Grotto,” its color and name are ...

Bethlehem has never been a peaceful place ... Christmases like this one, with 45,000 freshly dead in the land called holy, remind us that we’re out of our depths. If our Christmas celebration ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — I discovered first ... to share the stories of Christians making their pilgrimages to the Holy Land. But when I arrived at the holiest sites where Jesus was born, preached ...

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

The traditional Christian procession arrived in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ as described in the Bible, in the ...

War-ravaged Bethlehem will again forgo public celebrations ... call to signify a ‘cancellation of Christmas’ in the Holy Land — the very place of our Lord’s Holy Nativity.

(BETHLEHEM, West Bank ... It is another blow to the Holy Land's dwindling population over the decade due to emigration and a low birthrate. Christians are a small percentage of the population.

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

"Pilgrims are part of the Holy Land's identity. Their absence impacts not just the spiritual but also the economic life of many families, particularly in Bethlehem," he said, urging visitors not ...