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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus is born.