The birthplace of Jesus Christ holds immense significance for Christians worldwide. According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a small town located approximately 10 ...

Jesus, or Jesus Christ, was a 1 st century preacher and religious leader who is revered in Christianity. According to Christians, Jesus is considered the incarnation of God, and his teachings are ...

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...

The Middle East. The West Bank. Bethlehem. The place where Jesus was born. The place where the angels sang, “Peace on earth, good will to men.” But the Middle East is not a place of peace. However, ...

When Pope Benedict XVI wrote in a book published last month that the church has been wrong for centuries about the year when Jesus Christ was born, he was telling average Christians something that's ...

The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary traveled ...