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The Guardian – Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity: saving the angels at Jesus’s birthplace

Italian craftsmen have begun urgent repairs to the centuries-old roof of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, first constructed in the fourth century over the grotto where tradition says Jesus was born 2,000 years ago. “Water leaks, earthquakes and incidents that happened here in Bethlehem had a negative impact on the whole structure and …