{"id":98656,"date":"2026-01-28T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98656\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:15:09","slug":"restoration-of-bethlehems-grotto-of-the-nativity-a-sign-of-hope-and-unity-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98656\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration of Bethlehem\u2019s Grotto of the Nativity: &#8216;a sign of hope and unity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #920000; line-height:1.4em\">Cecilia Seppia, Vatican News<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(40,79,160); text-transform:uppercase; font-size:12px; line-height:.5\">Wednesday, January 28, 2026\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecatholicthing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844-61.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-350804 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844-61-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"  \/><\/a>The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land have announced that works are set to begin restoring the \u201ccradle\u201d of Christianity \u2013 the place where Jesus was born in Bethlehem. This is the first time restoration has been undertaken in 600 years. The work will be carried out by an Italian company from Prato, which recently restored the Basilica of the Nativity. The choice is based on the need to ensure continuity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/church\/news\/2026-01\/grotto-nativity-bethlehem-restoration-christ-birth-holy-land.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">method, craftsmanship, and artistic sensitivity toward a site of unparalleled sacred value.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cecilia Seppia, Vatican News Wednesday, January 28, 2026 The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-98656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}