Art World Nativity Scene Sparks Debate as Vatican Withdraws Keffiyeh-Clad Baby Jesus The figure of the baby Jesus will be returned to the manger on December 24 but the keffiyeh may not be.

Banksy wants people celebrating Christmas to consider what’s happening in present-day Bethlehem. The elusive street artist’s latest work features a “modified nativity” scene: Joseph and ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Christmas nativity scene. In the year ...

Digging History In 'Christmas miracle,' hidden Nativity scene found beneath medieval painting By Christopher Carbone Fox News Published December 24, 2019 12:48pm EST Facebook Flipboard ...

In 1291, Pope Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan pope, ordered that a permanent Nativity scene be erected at Santa Maria Maggiore, the largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Rome.

Not since Pope St. John Paul II began the tradition in 1982 has the Vatican’s Nativity scene drawn such ire or departed so far from the conventional image of a manger and larger-than-life sized ...

The Nativity scene is pictured in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 14, 2020. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) “It’s been a very well-established tradition for centuries.

The only historical account we have of Francis’ nativity scene comes from The Life of St. Francis of Assisi by St. Bonaventure, a Franciscan monk who was born five years before Francis’ death.

This year the Vatican went in another direction, toward Castelli, a town in the Abruzzo region of central-eastern Italy known for centuries for its ceramics. Between 1965 and 1975, students and ...

“God frowns upon this manger scene,” read a pamphlet left in the manger of the zombie newborn by a local religious group. “Jesus has supreme power over death and evil; he is not a zombie.” ...