Many Christmas carols make mention of the three kings, who follow a star and come to pay homage to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. In the Bible, they are not called kings, and their number is not ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now been placed in the nativity scene without the kefiah. In the Paul VI ...

Had Jesus been born in the era of the America police state, rather than traveling to Bethlehem for a census, Jesus’ parents would have been mailed a 28-page American Community Survey, a ...

The lack of tourism in the enshrined spot where baby Jesus was said to be born follows 14 months of war in Gaza. Yousra Elbagir Africa correspondent @YousraElbagir Wednesday 25 December 2024 15:49, UK ...

The image of baby Jesus in the Bethlehem barn warms our hearts. Each December we recreate the moment on our lawns and beneath our Christmas trees. Stores sell plastic donkeys and wooden mangers.

A keffiyeh-wrapped Baby Jesus in nativity scenes, including one recently displayed at the Vatican, has sparked controversy and challenged traditional images of Christ’s birth. This provocative ...

“Dressing baby Jesus in a keffiyeh is not only a cynical exploitation of the manger scene for political and propagandistic purposes, but it is also an absurd rewriting of history,” Dr. André ...

Although Bethlehem is located in modern-day Palestine, Jesus was very much not a Palestinian. Many Christian faith leaders are offended, included Pastor Mark Burns of Harvest Faith Center in ...

Jesus Christ displayed on a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf gifted by the Palestinian Higher Committee of Churches Affairs, as part of the "Nativity of Bethlehem 2024" during its inauguration in the ...

Pope Francis prays before the 'Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,' upon its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall, during the private audience with donors of the nativity scene and the lighting of the ...

This Advent season they are becoming more common. Even Pope Francis was presented a crèche December 7 by two Bethlehem-based artists, featuring a baby Jesus nestled in a keffiyeh. The pontiff declared ...