This year’s 30th anniversary production of the Badlands Passion Play will run weekends from July 5 through 20. The play runs ...

Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the Benedictus. In keeping with his distinctiveness, the birth of Jesus is featured ...

The architecture of a cave in Israel indicates that it was the burial site of a royal family member linked to Herod the Great ...

He’s read the Bible, looked at Nativity art, and thought deeply about the occasion, all part of his process of sculpting a Nativity scene for Blacksburg Presbyterian Church.

Dog nativity scene More than 300,000 people have watched the video of nine, well-behaved dogs posing in front of a manger. They're all dressed in costume as biblical characters, including baby ...

In a controversial take on the classic nativity scene, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus’s traditional blanket with a keffiyeh — a symbol of pro-Palestine activism.

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 ...

Art World Nativity Scene Sparks Debate as Vatican Withdraws Keffiyeh-Clad Baby Jesus The figure of the baby Jesus will be returned to the manger on December 24 but the keffiyeh may not be.

Pope Francis prays before the “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024” in the Paul VI Hall on Dec. 7, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In the wake of global controversy over a Nativity scene ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A nativity scene on public property is again stirring anger in an eastern Iowa town. This time, that anger is directed mostly at an out-of-town atheist group who are ...

Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his family, shepherds, the three wise men believed to have visited Jesus after ...