A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...

Standing in Manger Square, where the scent of incense mixed with drumbeats from scouting bands, Father Issa Thaljieh, a Greek ...

You don’t have to be a follower of Jesus Christ to know He was born in the tiny, nondescript town of Bethlehem. The well-known Christmas carol, “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” ensures that. But have you ...

Christmas celebrations returned this year to Bethlehem’s historic Manger Square after a two-year absence, the Anadolu news ...

Thousands flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve, the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born. It's in ...

The City Council is resuming the festivities in the hope of boosting the economy of a city where 85% depends on tourism and unemployment has climbed to 65% ...

Layered beneath the familiar narrative are cultural, historical, and theological details that reveal just how intentional God ...

New research examines the theory that this biblical phenomenon was actually a comet, and subjects it to mathematical ...

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events.

(RNS) — A century and a half after Phillips Brooks wrote this haunting carol, there is much once again to lament, fear and grieve. (RNS) — One Sunday morning, a pastor steps up to his pulpit and — ...