The rise of political nativity scenes — they were especially common last Christmas season, though one church in Indianapolis put Jesus in a cage in July 2018 when the border crisis first ...

GALICIA, Spain — A babbling creek and robotic sheep are modern touches in the Christmas Nativity scene displayed in the San Vicente de La Baña church built in the 1700s. But the purpose of the ...

This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Christmas nativity scene. In the year 1223, St. Francis of Assisi first arranged a manger scene with live animals inside a cave in the town of Greccio, ...

VATICAN CITY — In 2019, Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter on the meaning and importance of the Christmas nativity scene. He signed the document, Admirabile signum (“Enchanting image ...

At Christmas Mass, which is often preceded or followed by a procession to the Nativity scene, the Christ Child is placed in the manger. But it remains only a statue.

Rome -- The Vatican unveiled its novel Nativity scene for Christmas in St. Peter’s Square Friday afternoon -- sculpted completely out of sand for the first time. The traditional scene depicting ...

Just weeks before Christmas, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, located in the West Bank, unveiled a new display of the nativity scene that shows baby Jesus lying in a manger amid rubble.

Since 1962, a sweeping life-sized Nativity Scene — depicting numerous figures, but focused on the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and, beginning on Christmas Eve, the infant Jesus — has been one ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An iconic Christmas nativity display that has served as a Columbus attraction for years has been preserved by a local museum dedicated to Catholic history. State Auto’s ...

From nativity plays to crèche sets to Christmas cards, animals are ubiquitous in our vision of the birth of Christ – but according to the Bible, not a single animal was there.

An Episcopal priest and two theologians talk about the Nativity story, and how motherhood deepened their perspective on the Christmas story. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.