That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

A stature of the Baby Jesus has returned to the Vatican's 'presepe', or Nativity Scene, in the Saint Paul VI Hall, but not ...

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

(photo: Vatican Media / VM) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World December 13, 2024 A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

Later during the Christmas season, you might want to watch the 1949 film Come to the Stable that tells the story of Regina ...

"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 names of the main figures in the nativity scene are displayed on wooden posts in the design nativity scene on the pier in ...

The U.S. gained its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site this summer. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian settlement joined ...

The traditional Christian procession arrived in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ as described in the Bible, in the ...

Bethlehem Village came to life in Afton as hundreds gathered in the cold to witness the recreation of the birth of baby Jesus. Created by Hebron Baptist Church, the live Nativity, which includes ...