VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican had hinted the controversial keffiyeh would be put back in the Nativity scene on Christmas Eve.

The Nativity, a Christmas tradition started by St. Francis, may help us keep our focus more on the coming miracle than the latest sales.

The tradition of the Christmas Tree and Nativity scene in the Vatican is a relatively recent but deeply symbolic addition to the Church’s celebration of Christmas. The Vatican Christmas Tree was first ...

The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...

To criticize the Vatican’s nativity with a now-removed Jesus in a keffiyeh would be to dismiss the artistic history of crèches centering marginalized people.

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas ...

One of the Vatican's Nativity scenes raised eyebrows when it was unveiled because it featured a keffiyeh, the Palestinian headscarf.

One of the Vatican's Nativity scenes raised eyebrows when it was unveiled because it featured a keffiyeh, the Palestinian headscarf.