Pope Francis has sent a clear message to Israel after unveiling this year’s Christmas nativity scene in St Peter’s Square. The display features a baby Jesus, lying on a manger lined with the ...

Edward Stourton presents a special Christmas Eve edition of Sunday, featuring live carols from Manchester Chamber Choir. On Christmas Eve in 1223, in cave near the cliffside village of Greccio in ...

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The installation -- which shows Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus in front of a bullet-scarred concrete wall -- is on display at the artist's hotel in Bethlehem. A church in Southern California is ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem, Christmas this year is barely a whisper. Palestinian scouts paraded through the streets but without their traditional instruments of drums ...

To honor the 200th anniversary of Christ Church, Mr. Randall Thompson has created what he calls a Musical Drama of the Nativity, and what should be thought of as a Christmas Pageant. For the seven ...

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, along with costumed Santas and marching bands. This year, however ...