Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

Lehigh Valley politics rocketed to the national stage in 2024 as drought and wildfires proved era-defining change for the ...

On Tuesday night, as part of tradition, the part of the sign that says “Hotel” will be turned off so that only “Bethlehem” is ...

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual ...

Christians in Bethlehem marked a sombre Christmas as the ongoing war cast a shadow over the celebrations. Pope Francis led ...

The upcoming First Night Bethlehem is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

The gas main was clamped, and power was restored around 12 a.m. Thursday. People have since been allowed to return home.

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday ...

Visitors to Christ Church Otsego stepped back in time to experience “A Night in Bethlehem” on Saturday, Dec. 14.

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...