It was an emotional final goodbye on Sunday after The Diocese of Scranton announced the closure earlier this year ...

The right to erect religious displays on government land wasn’t always clear — especially in December 1987, when government workers in Chicago began dismantling a Nativity sce ...

CHICAGO — On quiet nights during the Christmas season, Ed O’Malley enjoys visiting the Nativity scene he helps set up every year in an Arlington Heights ... Register for more free articles. ...

Despite some misconceptions — stemming from the First Amendment’s separation of church and state — private groups can put up Nativity scenes on public property as an expression of free ...

Despite some misconceptions — stemming from the First Amendment’s separation of church and state — private groups can put up Nativity scenes on public property as an expression of free speech after a ...

On quiet nights during the Christmas season, Ed O’Malley enjoys visiting the Nativity scene he helps set up every year in an Arlington Heights park. He’ll check whether the wind has blown over ...

The Nativity scene exemplifies the international spirit ... in the county every Thursday from September to May by providing free classes in English at six levels, citizenship, practical skills ...

"A nativity scene is something altogether different ... Further, he said, the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment prohibit the government from favoring any one religion ...

Every year, the Courthouse lawn hosts a nativity scene near other holiday decorations ... church and state’ is absolutely essential in a free society.” James Madison echoed this in 1819, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A Vatican Nativity scene that depicts the baby Jesus in the manger wrapped in a Palestinian ...

That’s all free,” Bohall said. Preparing the Nativity scene starts in mid-October, as organizers work to find volunteers and organize shifts to guide visitors through the display during the ...

Marion When: 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 19 to 21 Cost: Free, any donations will go to ... But unlike most Nativity scenes, this one is far from passive. Doug Bean plays one of the three wise men during ...