By the time the animals realize that they’ve been given ... all white and red, ‘I gave Him my manger for His head,’” and so on with the sheep and dove. The song’s origins purportedly ...

with live animals as part of the cast, dates back to 1223 A.D., when St. Francis of Assisi set up a live Nativity in the town of Greccio, Italy, with a doll in the manger and live animals ...

Still, the menagerie around the manger reflects the Franciscan vision—there is a ... Could we look out and witness in the trees and soil and animals a remainder of Christ’s body—an enduring presence ...

We all know the image. Baby Jesus in the manger. Around him, shepherds, animals, angels and three wise men: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Two of them are white, one of them Black. Above them ...

The fact that the Son of God was born in a cave set aside for animals instead of a warm ... extended family and friends made clear in this manger scene is a recurring theme in the Gospels.

Out of the 20 animals in the rehab center ... The bottom space was a much-needed manger. Yet, some parts were spared. "It missed the soft release shed, which I have three compromised raccoons ...

While it does humanize its characters a bit — my own beloved cat Nico would sooner drown than team up with a lemur — Flow captures the way animals behave in the wild, as in the ruthless fight ...