VATICAN CITY (RNS) – After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

The stone fortress was restored and renovated in 2011 by James Cavagnari of Florence architecture and design firm Prima ...

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The Crescent City Historical Society’s Christmas open house featured a variety of nativity scenes. The event took place ...

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Our commitment this Christmas is to rebuild our trust and renew our hope for life here in Bethlehem and throughout Palestine, ...

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Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark another somber Christmas in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...