"Setting up a Nativity scene in your home allows your home to become another Bethlehem, a place to welcome Christ at Christmas," he added. "Nativity scenes should draw our hearts and minds to the ...

The Vatican's nativity scene reopens to the public, but without the controversial Palestinian symbol.

The Church of the Nativity vestibule has a life-size manger scene.(Photo: Joseph Pronechen) A panorama of the town of Bethlehem is etched high on the glass behind the Holy Family. Etched on ...

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 ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

Bethlehem Village came to life in Afton as ... who was inspired by a Nativity scene given to him by his children. He decided that making a life-sized Nativity scene would help bring to life ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth in Joseph's house, with no mention of a manger or journey to Bethlehem.

Palestinian policemen stand guard at Manger Square on Christmas eve outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity — HAZEM BADER Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in ...

TIM MCPHILLIPS: This holiday season in Bethlehem,## Pennsylvania, looks like it does every year.# A Christmas tree stands by.. nativity scene at its base. Twinkling# lights adorn the city's main ...

For the family of Milton Auta, the drive-thru Nativity scene at Columbus Avenue Baptist ... videos in American Sign Language narrating the Bethlehem story. Becky Patrick, an interpreter who ...