800 years after the first nativity scene, Glencairn exhibit highlights wide variation of the Christmas display This year, the nativity scene has turned 800 years old. Glencairn Museum samples their ...

Caravaggio’s nativity was stolen 360 years after its completion, in one of art history’s most significant crimes.

Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his family, shepherds, the three wise men believed to have visited Jesus ...

Conspiracy theorists have made bizarre claim that a historical painting of the nativity scene 'contains proof of aliens', sparking a debate with artists over the mystery ...

This “adorable” scene, as described by Star Barn steward David Abel, is one of 100 Nativity scenes from around the world that is on display at the Vatican this Christmas.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A life-size crèche representing the Nativity will be unveiled at St. Peter’s Square on Saturday (Dec. 9), celebrating the 800th anniversary of a Catholic tradition long ...

Just in time for Christmas, San Xavier Mission worshippers can rock the baby Jesus in his cradle, thanks to restoration work on the O’odham Nativity scene at the church near ...

Boston Police responded to a report of the graffiti at around 8 a.m. Thursday, finding the base of the nativity scene vandalized with white painting that read “Jesus was Palestinian.” By earl… ...

The Nativity by Baldassare Peruzzi, which dates to 1515, is the first High Renaissance painting to enter a public collection in Northern Ireland.

The first nativity scene staged by Saint Francis reminds us of our need to turn away from exploitation and consumption, and care for the whole created world with the same tender care that Mary ...

Start of Nativity scenes But the Nativity scene now recreated in town squares and churches worldwide was originally conceived by St. Francis of Assisi.