Holy Land Tours reports resumed itineraries across Israel and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Sea of ...

A Christian businessman from Bethlehem who runs a store that sells hand-carved olive wood Nativity scenes said on a visit to Birmingham this week that tourism in the birthplace of Jesus has dried up, ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday ...

On Dec. 2, like every evening before Advent, the city where Jesus was born welcomed the custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, and the Franciscan friars for their annual procession into the ...

A cave in Bethlehem, revered by Christians around the world as the place of Christ’s birth, will undergo a restoration for ...

While Bethlehem is not directly involved in the conflict, it continues to suffer under the weight of economic crisis, violence from Israeli settlers, and emigration. Children welcome the custos of the ...

Restoration is set to begin at the grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem for the first time in 600 years. The ...

A few days before Father Francesco Patton, the custos of the Holy Land, made his entrance into Bethlehem by crossing the separation wall between Israel and the Palestinian Territories — an annual ...