It is already the second Christmas in Bethlehem to be marked by Israel's war in Gaza. Tourists and pilgrims have stopped coming to the city almost altogether, and the economic situation seems even ble ...

Georgia's little town of Bethlehem has drawn hundreds of people every year with its special postmark for their Christmas cards.

As Israeli aggression in Gaza, Lebanon, and Post-Assad Syria deepens human suffering and regional instability, and amid ...

Hope is a powerful but tenuous state, and the holidays can elicit strong, often competing feelings. Some find joy and promise ...

Christmas marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth over 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, Palestine, in what is now the Israeli Occupied West Bank. The occasion is both solemn and ...

Ah, Doctor Who. Where time and space bend, warp, and twist in ways that make your head spin faster than a Dalek on roller skates. "Joy to the World" is no exception.

The Christian population in areas governed by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas has plummeted drastically by up to 90% in ...

The U.S. gained its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site this summer. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian settlement joined ...

Askarieh also raised concerns about rising extremism in the region. For example, in Syria, the small Christian community may ...

As Christmas coincided with the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that he dedicated to hope, Francis called for broad ...

The scholar and Christian convert Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote recently of her pleasure in experiencing Christmas as a person new to ...

Post reporter Caitlin Doornbos hoped to take a break from the war to share the stories of Christians making their pilgrimages ...