Recently, in December of 2024, Pope Francis included a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, in his Vatican nativity underneath the statue of baby Jesus. This nativity was made by Palestinian ...

An investigation is underway after an individual stole a Baby Jesus statue from a church in Philadelphia earlier this month. The Philadelphia Police Department said a police report was made on Jan ...

The Nativity scene was crafted by artists from Bethlehem using ... along with the baby Jesus, papal spokesperson Matteo Bruni told RNS it’s customary for the statue of Jesus to be removed ...

A woman who had faced a felony charge for allegedly stealing a statue of the Baby Jesus from the Nativity display at Bethlehem City Hall Plaza has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Tuesday 50 ...

Known as “the Bethlehem of the West,” it ... a grand altarpiece painting and a statue depict St. Cajetan holding the Infant Jesus. At Christmastime, the Sant’Andrea Basilica hosts an ...

When the pope stopped to pray before the Bethlehem creche at the end of his general audience Dec. 11, the baby Jesus statue and kaffiyeh-draped manger were gone. The Vatican press office offered ...

A Christmas without music would be unthinkable, so as we enter the final half of the “Twelve Days of Christmas,” here are recommendations for free music you can stream from official sources of The ...

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem ... Jesus in the Nativity scene on the night of Christmas Eve. It is typical for the whole scene to be first presented to the pope before the Jesus ...

Vatican Media) To decry the nativity scene, however, is to deny the centuries-long history of artists depicting the Holy Family in Bethlehem ... artists depicting baby Jesus with a donkey ...

Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, the pontiff delivered ... and moved down the basilica with the life-sized statue of Baby Jesus on his lap. “We are close to our brothers ...