My family’s Nativity scene, like so many others that will appear during the holiday season, has some notable inaccuracies. It portrays a fair-skinned holy family, not a Middle Eastern one.

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 ...

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 ...

A church nativity scene which features two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines, has sparked anger among conservative Catholics and politicians in Italy ...

The scene in St. Peter’s Square depicts not only Mary and Joseph standing beside the manger, but also St. Francis of Assisi, who organized the first Nativity scene in a cave in the Italian ...

The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...

The Nativity Scene will be kept up in its entirety through Epiphany, which falls on Jan. 6. “For human beings, tradition means a lot,” Kenney said.

Quincy's Nativity scene has seen theft or vandalism at least six times this century. The last time Quincy’s Nativity scene was targeted came in 2020, when police reported that a man and woman ...

Rosemary Quantick invented the Lobster Nativity Scene, according to the product website. Quantick explained that she was born in England, coming to America on the Queen Mary when she was young.

For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, marking what organizers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment.

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 Christmas ...