Bethlehem

Pope Benedict is scheduled to conduct mass in Bethlehem when he visits the Middle East next week. But there will be fewer local Christians there than ever before. Correspondent Linda Gradstein visits the ever-shrinking Christian community in Bethlehem to find out why so many have left…and what worries those who remain.

Bethlehem in what’s now the West Bank is considered the birthplace of Jesus. But an Israeli archeologist has spent years excavating another town of Bethlehem, this one in Galilee, where he’s uncovered an inn, a monastery.

Last week, we heard from the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool, who’s been re-tracing the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem said to have been made by Mary and Joseph. Like the Biblical couple, Maqbool’s traveled by donkey. Anchor Katy Clark gets an update from him.