As early as the 4th century CE, religious art depicted the scene at the manger, but these lacked the human touch introduced at the village of Greccio. After the inaugural attempt, the tradition ...

The nativity scene bill—which would place the commonly recognized scene of Mary, St. Joseph and Jesus at the manger on Christmas on Capitol grounds in December—was filed in the Texas House as ...

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.

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 ...

In 1968, a group of American artists led by Joey Skaggs constructed a Vietnamese Nativity scene in Central Park, with a Vietnamese Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus in a manger covered with bamboo ...

“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 ...

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.

By Wednesday, when Francis was seen again in the audience hall, the keffiyeh, manger and infant Jesus had been removed from the Nativity scene, while the figures of parents Mary and Joseph remained.

By Wednesday, when Francis was seen again in the audience hall, the keffiyeh, manger and infant Jesus had been removed from the Nativity scene, while the figures of parents Mary and Joseph remained.

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.