Louis Michel, the Catholic owner of St. Patrick Store, another Bethlehem shop that sells Christian merchandise, from locally made olive-wood nativity scenes and gold crosses to votive candles and ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now been placed in the nativity scene without the kefiah. In the Paul VI Hall ...

(photo: Vatican Media / VM) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World December 13, 2024 A Nativity scene made by artisans ... Some evidence shows that the use of olive wood in Bethlehem dates back to the fourth ...

Pope Francis prays before the “Nativity ... religious scenes from olive wood has been a pillar of the Holy Land’s economic and cultural identity for centuries. The Star of Bethlehem that ...

accompanied the Palestinian delegation on December 7th to present the olive wood nativity scene gift from Bethlehem to the Pope. For the Catholic agency Sir, Faltas wrote an account of that day.

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity scene ... of olive wood carving is a pillar of the community’s economic and cultural identity dating back to the 4th century. The Star of Bethlehem ...

Pope Francis unveiled the annual nativity ... Palestinian town of Bethlehem. Figures of the Holy Family, meanwhile, were carved from olive wood, further connecting the scene to its place ...

A Christian businessman from Bethlehem who runs a store that sells hand-carved olive wood Nativity scenes said on a visit ... businesses thrive, such as shops, restaurants, buses, tour guides ...

It's a typical scene in Bethlehem ... shop on Milk Street, Bassem Giacaman has just made his second sale of the day. His shop offers a range of traditional Palestinian crafts including olive wood ...

"Bethlehem has become a prison," he said, recalling "the decades of violence linked to the Israeli occupation." This year, in his unadorned shop, he has left his large olive wood nativity scene ...