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Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war

“Celebrations returned full swing Wednesday with crowded parades and music in the occupied West Bank city, as a fragile truce held in Gaza” Bethlehem, Palestinian...

Bethlehem Christmas tree lit up for first time since Gaza war

Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories—Christmas cheer returned to the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ as Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank lit up a tree for...

Silent for 800 years, old organ sings anew in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM – The pipes of a medieval organ, buried for centuries and discovered near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied...

‘There is still hope’: Pilgrims from war zones gather in Rome

VATICAN CITY, Holy See – Khader Qassis travelled 32 hours from the West Bank, passing military checkpoints across three countries, to join hundreds of...

Security deployed as wartime Bethlehem marks another somber Christmas

Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories—Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, as the faithful...

In wartime Bethlehem, Christmas joy hard to find

Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories—On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The...

Grim Christmas Eve in Bethlehem as war rages in Gaza

Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories - Gaza's deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiralled and...

Israeli troops kill Palestinian near occupied Bethlehem in West Bank

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian the army accused of throwing petrol bombs near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem late Monday, Palestinian...

Black Jesus born in burnt Amazon at Brazil church manger

Instead of a manger in Bethlehem, Jesus will arrive this Christmas in a badly burned clearing in the Amazon rainforest, a black baby born...

Bethlehem lights up Christmas tree as virus rules keep crowds away

Bethlehem lit up its Christmas tree on Saturday evening but without the usual crowds, as novel coronavirus restrictions put a damper on the start...

Yuletide messages somber

BETHLEHEM—Christian leaders from the Vatican to Bethlehem struck a somber note on Christmas Eve speaking of war, fear and division, as cities in Europe...

Christ’s birthplace

Christians from the Philippines pose for a photograph at the Grotto, believed to be the exact spot where Jesus Christ was born, at the...
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