Father Jon Thomas, pastor of Christ the King Parish and diocesan vicar general, distributes the Eucharist during the outdoor ...

Huge crowds are expected at the outdoor mass which will ... holding the infant Jesus. Francis last went to pray at the icon before Holy Week. Palestinians in Bethlehem have been mourning Pope ...

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 ...

Credit: Marinella Bandini The entrance occurred after the proclamation of the Gospel of John (14:1-7), in which Jesus ... outdoor procession from the nearby Church of St. Joseph, where the Holy ...

So on with the Three Kings, shepherds, Herod, choir of angels, Holy Family, donkey and the manger. After the Nativity play, many of the children asked the nuns, “So was Jesus a real person?” ...

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I would say they’re helping us be reminded of what Jesus was born in … There is no nativity without politics.” Still, many Christians and advocates of Israel say the displays are forcing ...

The figure of the baby Jesus will be returned to the manger on December 24 but the keffiyeh may not be. Jesus Christ displayed on a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf gifted by the Palestinian Higher ...

Nativity scenes show us the loving parents we all need—and remind me that my own parents estranged me over my faith. I hear that a lot in polite conversations this time of year. And invariably ...

Their property also features an olive tree, a statue of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus, and a model of the stone where Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before his crucifixion. These items, ...