Nov. 30 -- Christmas has been canceled in Bethlehem. City officials have called off plans for an elaborate celebration because of Israeli travel restrictions and ongoing violence.

At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the star?

Christmas festivities in Bethlehem have been toned down for a second year running due to the ongoing war in Gaza. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest representative of the Catholic ...

The city of Bethlehem is in dire straits. Christmas is the busiest time of year in the birthplace of Jesus, packed with pilgrims and tourists. But the streets are empty with the war in Gaza raging.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927. But as ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza. There will be no giant Christmas tree in Manger Square, no raucous ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically ...

Once, the 'Star of Bethlehem' holiday show was the biggest draw on the planetarium schedule. But these are edgier times.

What was the Christmas star Religious texts give reports of a particular star, the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the prophets and religious philosophers of the time, Throop said.

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza.

Bethlehem is preparing for another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza. Manger Square lacked its usual festive lights and crowds of tourists.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.