Just weeks before Christmas, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, located in the West Bank, unveiled a new display of the nativity scene that shows baby Jesus lying in a manger amid rubble.

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 ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene ... s mayor, Hanna Hanania, whose office overlooks a nearly deserted Manger ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“O little town of Bethlehem ... to contemplate Jesus’ birth. Others go on with everyday life as if nothing unusual or life-changing is happening. The animated scene’s 68 figures and 20 ...

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 ...

The nativity is the representation of Jesus ... Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter’s Square as ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a nativity scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter’s Square as a ...

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 ...