NAZARETH, Israel -- When Pope Benedict XVI pays a visit this week to the town where Jesus grew up, he will bring brief attention to a Holy Land destination that is at once world famous and unjustly ...

NAZARETH, Israel – Although I’ve been to Israel many times, it wasn’t until December that I made my way to Nazareth, hometown of Jesus, center of Christian pilgrimage and, depending on how you cipher ...

“Nazareth Illit has launched a historic process to change the city’s name to distinguish it from its neighbor, Nazareth, to give it its own identity and end the public confusion,” said a Monday ...

The town of Nazareth in modern-day Israel is steeped in mystique, as it is thought to be the place where Jesus was raised. And now, a new study has uncovered more of its secrets, finding that the ...

It’s December 24 and Nazareth’s main Christmas Mass is about to start. Churchgoers are gathering at the gate, fresh from Hanukkah candle-lighting. Jewish Israelis are thronging Jesus’ home town, ...