Christmas returns to Bethlehem amid ongoing concerns over Christian population decline from 86% in 1950 to just 10% today, ...
Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus after a two-year hiatus, but the joy remains overshadowed by ...
The 2023 and 2024 celebrations were canceled with a "broken heart and a broken soul," Bethlehem's mayor told NBC News, but ...
On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of ...
For the past two years, Christmas in Bethlehem has been a somber affair, without the traditional festivities. But this year, ...
Pilgrims return as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, leads Mass at the Church of the ...
Thousands of people traveled from nearby towns and villages to attend Bethlehem's annual Christmas Eve tree lighting ceremony ...
Hundreds descended on the historic city in the Palestinian territory on Dec. 24 for the first Christmas celebration since the ...
Posts from Bethlehem, Gaza, Damascus, Dubai, and beyond show celebration, strain, and political messaging unfolding side by ...