Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.

Bethlehem was very busy, but Mary and Joseph finally found a stable to stay in. This is where Jesus, who was the most important gift that God has ever given to the world, was born. The first ...

Most people are familiar with the story of Jesus Christ’s birth. Come Christmastime, Nativity scenes in towns and churches routinely display symbols from the Biblical story like mangers, donkeys ...

Experts now question the traditional belief that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, citing inconsistencies in historical and biblical evidence. The Bethlehem story may have been added later to ...

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity ... on this spot 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas ...

Jesus the Son of God was born of a virgin in Bethlehem – is true. I love the story of the God of the Universe becoming small, becoming a baby, ...

By Christopher Wells In his continuing catechetical series on “Jesus our Hope,” Pope Francis turned to the birth of Jesus in ...

We live in an open-air prison, faced with numerous hardships, but we prefer to remain in Bethlehem.” A Christian faith that is never flaunted, but rooted in the land where Jesus was born, underlies ...