It begins with the decree from Emperor Augustus for a census, leading Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, where Jesus is born in a manger due to lack of room at the inn. The film depicts the angel ...

Outrage exploded online after Pope Francis inaugurated a nativity scene, designed by two artists from Bethlehem and featuring a keffiyeh wrapped around Jesus’s manger, in St. Peter’s Square on ...

The Nativity scene ... baby Jesus with a donkey and ox under a “turugium,” or tiled roof structure inside the Cave of the Nativity in Bethlehem, such as Duccio di Buonisegna’s “The ...

A Nativity scene ... from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian keffiyeh with the child Jesus in the manger — but according to the project’s organizer ...

Today, genealogies may bring more awareness of one’s family ... of Jesus’ birth. The Gospel says that the star of Bethlehem subsequently leads them to a house – not a manger – where ...

During the inauguration of the display, which is not the main nativity scene presented in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis urged his followers to “remember the brothers and sisters, who, right there ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted ... Vatican’s Christmas decorations this year, which include various depictions of the manger in a Bethlehem stable where Jesus is said ...

Baby Jesus in the manger. Around him ... Yet this is the scene we see, in every crèche, in every school play, in every biblical movie. It's the scene we recall in our Christmas carols.

which would be just the one Nativity scene.” Instead, it uses figures to tell different parts of the Gospel in miniature, including Mary’s annunciation and the visit of the three wise men to the ...

The wooden Nativity scene in the ... for all the Vatican’s Christmas decorations this year, which include various depictions of the manger in a Bethlehem stable where Jesus is said to have ...

IF YOU’VE EVER HAD the enjoyable (and chaotic) experience of being involved in a children’s ... manger scene is a recurring theme in the Gospels. The manger represents not only the humility of ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...