Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank should be teeming with visitors. But this year, it is ...

The cancellation of Christmas festivities is a severe blow to the town’s economy. Tourism accounts for an estimated 70% of Bethlehem’s income — almost all of that during the Christmas season.

The conflict between church and state led to civil war and a French invasion which made an Austrian prince, Maximillian, emperor of the so called Second Empire. He was defeated and executed by ...

The church’s belongings, including Bibles and chairs, were confiscated. Christian communities displaced by Sudan’s civil war have faced restrictions on worship in refugee areas.

Obituaries Public Notices Battlefield Christmas service connects reason for the season back to Civil War Share this 30° Wednesday, April 9, 2025 E-Paper ...

The cancellation of Christmas festivities was a severe blow to the town’s economy. Tourism accounts for an estimated 70% of Bethlehem’s income — almost all of that during the Christmas season.

The cancellation of Christmas festivities was a severe blow to the town’s economy. Tourism accounts for an estimated 70% of Bethlehem’s income — almost all of that during the Christmas season.

Zion Lutheran Church in Glen Rock, for example, had stopped its practice of offering communion in German and English in 1909. Since peaking at about 60,000 population in 1950, York city’s census ...

Breakthrough real-time tour, 5:30 a.m., Tour Stop 3, Western Front, Church and Flank roads, Dinwiddie. Fort Mahone commemorative ceremony, noon, Fort Mahone and Pennsylvania Monument on Wakefield ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., that galvanized the civil rights movement.