- FILE PHOTO TAKEN 21DEC01 - of Christian pilgrims praying on their knees in the grotto of the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birth place of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 21, 2001. [Some 200 Palestinian militants are inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem after shooting off the locks of the basilica door and taking refuge during fighting with Israeli forces April 2, 2002.]