Rev Munther Isaac by this year's nativity scene of a baby in a pile of rubble, symbolising bombing in the Gaza Strip - Quique Kierszenbaum Christmas is officially cancelled in Bethlehem this year, ...

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 ...

Scientists and historians are raising fresh questions over the long-held belief that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea.

The birth of Jesus a story that is the greatest gift to all who believe in the message and we continue to celebrate today.

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Was there really a Roman census at the time of Jesus' birth, or is this detail in the Gospel of Luke historically inaccurate?

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene, the creche features baby Jesus wrapped in a checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh, surrounded ...

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