“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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Live Nativity scene at St. Wojciech church, Wyszków, Poland, 2006 (photo by Ejdzej) Even today, in some parts of Europe the tradition of the live Christmas crèche continues. Communities gather – ...

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.

"And to discover a Nativity scene in this detail — and just before Christmas — was really incredible." 6 Facts About Jesus In Photos: The Birthplace of Jesus ...

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 ...

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 ...