Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity is now…

Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity is now divided between the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Armenian Orthodox faiths, among whose adherents conflicts have occasionally arisen, often incited by outside interests.

For example, the theft, in 1847, of the silver star marking the exact traditional locus of the Nativity leads to a dispute between Russia and France over the privileges of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in the holy places in Palestine.