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 ...

The figure of the baby Jesus will be returned to the manger on ... The Vatican’s nativity scene contains figures carved from olive wood and a mother-of-pearl Star of Bethlehem that were created ...

Mary, Saint Joseph, and the little Jesus placed on a conspicuous keffiyeh, a globally recognized symbol of the Palestinian people's struggle ... wood nativity scene gift from Bethlehem to the ...

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 ...

Whilst the little baguette portraying the baby Jesus rests in a hollowed ... with fans pointing out the scene was aptly chosen as Bethlehem translated to 'house of bread'. 'It seems that people ...

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 ...