1.   Each was escorted into Manger Square by Ibrahim Faltas, a Franciscan monk assigned to the shrine that Christians believe marks the site where Jesus was born.

2.   Every morning, between the Muslim prayers, robed Franciscan monks led morning mass.

3.   On the temple porch, behind its six columns, a choir draws a crowd, including brown-robed-and-sandaled Franciscan monks.

4.   One Palestinian, Muhammad al-Madani, the governor of Bethlehem, left the church at about dawn, flanked by two Franciscan monks in brown robes.

5.   One Palestinian, Muhammad al-Madani, the governor of Bethlehem, left the church early Thursday morning, flanked by two Franciscan monks in brown robes.

6.   Soon Juvenal, a former Franciscan monk now working with Alcoholics Anonymous, is the most sought-after person in town.

7.   The design is stylized and likely the work of Franciscan monks, Jary said.

8.   The elder Kuby was raised in a Catholic orphanage, then studied to be a Franciscan monk until he was expelled from the seminary.

9.   The frescoes are likely the work of Franciscan monks, a team of restoration specialists has said.

10.   The youths helped a pair of Franciscan monks carry the bodies of two Palestinian fighters from the church into Manger Square.