Leo XIV’s Christmas address was his first since being elected pontiff and was scrutinized for comparisons with those of his ...

The 2023 and 2024 celebrations were canceled with a "broken heart and a broken soul," Bethlehem's mayor told NBC News, but ...

A surge in hostilities comes as the Ukraine war enters its third winter and highlights the limited impact of current ...

Christians in Israel and Palestine are celebrating Christmas for the first time in two years now that Israel and Hamas have ...

Pope Leo XIV delivers Christmas message calling for peace in Middle East and Ukraine, urging world leaders to reject violence ...

In his first Christmas homily, Pope Leo lamented conditions for Palestinians in Gaza and urged Ukraine and Russia to engage ...

Hundreds descended on the historic city in the Palestinian territory on Dec. 24 for the first Christmas celebration since the ...

Thousands of people traveled from nearby towns and villages to attend Bethlehem's annual Christmas Eve tree lighting ceremony ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the ...

Thousands celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem for the first time since the implementation of the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ...

The city where Christians believe Jesus was born cancelled Christmas celebrations for the past two years during the war in ...

Leo called for "justice, peace and stability" in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Israel and Syria, prayers for "the ...