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 ...

In 1968, a group of American artists led by Joey Skaggs constructed a Vietnamese Nativity scene in Central Park, with a Vietnamese Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus in a manger covered with bamboo ...

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 ...

In some cases, these nativity scenes, dubbed “Christ in the Rubble,” show the baby on debris reminiscent of bombed buildings in Gaza in the place of a traditional straw manger. One of these ...

By Wednesday, when Francis was seen again in the audience hall, the keffiyeh, manger and infant Jesus had been removed from the Nativity scene, while the figures of parents Mary and Joseph remained.

Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a keffiyeh-draped manger ...

The Nativity scene features a manger filled with life-size statues, including baby Jesus himself, many of which are original to the initiative's inception four decades ago. The dedicated "God ...

That’s a pity, for the manger — or nativity scene, or crèche, or crib — is one of the most beloved Christmas traditions, and this year marks its 800th anniversary. Enjoy the latest local ...

The refurbished Nativity scene went up in the east transept of ... where they will wait for their turn to travel to the manger. San Xavier Pastor Ponchie Vasquez said that won’t happen until ...

Christians in Bethlehem have been holding a muted celebration to mark Christmas amid the ongoing Israel Gaza war. Worshippers lit candles and prayed at the nativity scene, with the figures ...