Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

A small camel dreams of adventure and learns the true meaning of reverence on a journey to Bethlehem to see baby Jesus in ...

A charming puppet show, likely from the 1960s, depicting the story of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem and the birth of ...

The nativity scene is also suggestive of the trope that Jesus was a Palestinian, which drew anger from Israeli officials in 2013, when invoked by Mahmoud Abbas. It's not (only) about you.

One of the most compelling realities surrounding the nativity narrative is Jesus’s birth was foretold long before the manger, with the Old Testament including important prophecies pointing ...

The nativity is the representation of Jesus being born in Bethlehem, a city located in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank ...

The Nativity of Bethlehem 2024, located in Paul VI hall, featured the baby Jesus wrapped in a kaffiyeh, a scarf traditional to the Palestinian people. In his address, the pope called for peace in ...

Following a tradition of the past five decades, a Nativity scene featuring life-size figurines of baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the three wise men will be on display outside the Franklin County ...

A marble sculpture depicting St. Cajetan holding the Infant Jesus identifies the spot where the saint’s vision occurred in the crypt of the Chapel of the Nativity, the side chapel to the right ...

"Nativity scenes should draw our hearts and minds to the Holy Land, where Jesus Christ was born, and inspire our prayers for peace," said Briscoe.

In a few months, the doors at Nativity of Our Lord Church in the ... all operations to the other worship site, Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary Church on Prospect Avenue in the city.