Outrage exploded online after Pope Francis inaugurated a nativity scene, designed by two artists from Bethlehem and featuring a keffiyeh wrapped around Jesus’s manger, in St. Peter’s Square on ...

the pastor of Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, told NBC News. Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row ...

Colm Flynn reports from Greccio, and the art historian Dr Geri Parlby explores the nativity scene’s fascinating story and enduring appeal. There will be no Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem ...

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A bustlingly rustic fugue hurries the shepherds towards Bethlehem, where they celebrate the Nativity in an awkward ... Her Magnificat in the third scene is particularly successful--a potent ...

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Thousands of tourists travel to Bethlehem every year at Christmas time Bethlehem is celebrating Christmas. A huge tree covered in lights is on display in the square outside the 1,700-year-old Nativity ...

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, along with costumed Santas and marching bands. This year, however ...