UPDATED: December 24, 2024 at 1:44 PM CST On quiet nights during the Christmas season, Ed O’Malley enjoys visiting the Nativity scene he helps set up every year in an Arlington Heights park.

In the early 13th century, it was St Francis of Assisi — an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar, who came up with the idea of a live depiction of the nativity scene. There were, however ...

In 1291, Pope Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan pope, ordered that a permanent Nativity scene be erected at Santa Maria Maggiore, the largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Rome.

A seasonal nativity scene at the Vatican has been removed after backlash over its depiction of the baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol ...

The Nativity Scene manger with a baby Jesus on a keffiyeh has been removed in Vatican City and it's unclear if it will return on Dec. 24.

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 ...

Twelve Nativity scene setups are taking shape along Euclid Avenue in Ontario, the backdrops depicting the biblical stories seen on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) ...

That’s a pity, for the manger — or nativity scene, or crèche, or crib — is one of the most beloved Christmas traditions, and this year marks its 800th anniversary.

Pope Francis compared the Nativity scene to a well from which we can draw the nearness of God, “the source of hope and joy.” The Nativity scene, he said, “is like a living Gospel, a domestic ...

Life-size nativity scene from State Auto finds a new home with Catholic museum by: Aaron Burd Posted: Dec 23, 2023 / 08:00 AM EST Updated: Dec 24, 2023 / 06:35 AM EST ...