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. Yet ...

A Palestinian Catholic woman holds her as he lights a candle in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 17, 2023, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

ReligionForBreakfast. Was Jesus Really Born in Bethlehem? Posted: April 25, 2025 | Last updated: April 25, 2025. Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is a well-known story from the New Testament.

In a city synonymous with the birth of Jesus, Christmas is typically a time when Bethlehem is full of visitors. But with war raging, the city's Christian leaders have canceled public celebrations.

The place where the angels sang, “Peace on earth, good will to men.” But the Middle East is not a place of peace. However, the Baby Born in Bethlehem has the universal appeal to bring us all to the ...

Holy Child Grows. Then, in 2008, the sisters asked five lay affiliates of the Franciscan community, including Barillaro and his wife, Judith, to assume management of the program that was expanding ...

A recent image of a nativity scene stirred renewed interest in a Christmas hymn I learned as a child, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” ...

Yunan Frédéric, a French-born Syriac Catholic priest, lives in Bethlehem with his Latina-American wife and three children. He has lived in the Middle East for 20 years; first in Syria, then in ...