Whether you're religious or not, you know what a basic Nativity scene looks like -- Joseph and Mary kneeling by the manger of the baby Jesus, surrounded by shepherds, kings, and farm animals ...

A Baby Jesus in a Susquehanna Valley borough's nativity scene was stolen over the weekend.

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now been placed in the nativity scene without the kefiah. In the Paul VI ...

Last week, visitors to Historic St. Mary's Mission and Museum in Stevensville, came to see a Nativity scene that is more than 150-years old. Father Anthony Ravalli probably painted his shepherds ...

The Nativity scene, also called a creche, has a colorful history. Over the years, thieves and vandals have frequently targeted the tableau, absconding with the fiberglass infant Jesus, Joseph ...

(RNS) — The appearance of a keffiyeh on a Palestinian-made nativity scene at the Vatican caused a stir. So did its sudden disappearance.

One scene featured olive wood sculptures of Mary, Jesus, and Joseph designed by Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, two Palestinian artists from Bethlehem.

The assembly of the Nativity Scene is accompanied by moss, sawdust, plants, trunks, rocks, cypress branches, and Baby Jesus, Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph are placed in a barn or cave structure. While ...

By Wednesday, when Francis was seen again in the audience hall, the keffiyeh, manger and infant Jesus had been removed from the Nativity scene, while the figures of parents Mary and Joseph remained.

The Nativity Scene manger with a baby Jesus on a keffiyeh has been removed in Vatican City and it's unclear if it will return on Dec. 24.

Pope Francis has unveiled a nativity scene by Palestinian artists that features a baby Jesus lying on a traditional keffiyeh scarf.

This Christmas season, a bakery in England has created a Nativity scene almost entirely made of bread. Baby Jesus, plus Mary and Joseph, are all represented in the display.